Metabolism of saponins from Narthecium ossifragum - A plant implicated in the aetiology of alveld, a hepatogenous photosensitization of sheep

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-345

  Flaøyen A ^a   Wilkins, A L ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alveld; Conjugation; Liver; Metabolism; Narthecium ossifragum; Saponin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PLANT LEAF; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; LIVER DISEASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PLANT POISONING; POACEAE; SAPONINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; NARTHECIUM OSSIFRAGUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030752867     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005860220462     Document Type: Article

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