Vitamins A1 (retinol), A2 (3,4-didehydroretinol) and E (α-tocopherol) in the liver and blubber of lacustrine and marine ringed seals (Phoca hispida sp.)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-33

  Käkelä, Reijo ^a   Hyvärinen, Heikki ^a   Käkelä, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

blubber; dehydroretinol; liver; Phoca hispida; retinol; ringed seal; vitamin A; vitamin E; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DEHYDRORETINOL; RETINOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOCA;

ANIMALIA; LADOGA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PUSA HISPIDA SAIMENSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LIVER; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS; SEAWATER; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030609898     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00158-7     Document Type: Article

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