β-Carotene absorption and cleavage in rats is affected by the vitamin A concentration of the diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 499-508

  Van Vliet, Trinette ^a,b   Van Vlissingen, Martje Fentener ^a   Van Schaik, Frank ^a   Van Den Berg, Henk ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dioxygenase assay; lymph cannulation; rats; vitamin A; carotene metabolism

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; OXYGENASE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIVER LEVEL; LYMPH LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0030062750     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.2.499     Document Type: Article

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