Interactions between vitamin C and vitamin E are observed in tissues of inherently scorbutic rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2060-2064

  Tanaka, Kyoko ^a   Hashimoto, Tomoko ^a   Tokumaru, Sadako ^b   Iguchi, Hiroshi ^c   Kojo, Shosuke ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; ODS rats; Tocopherol; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SCURVY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030866875     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.10.2060     Document Type: Article

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