Dietary manipulation of plasma carotenoid concentrations of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-129

  Snodderly, D Max ^a,b   Shen, Binghua ^c   Land, Richard I ^a   Krinsky, Norman I ^c  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoid; plasma; retina; Saimiri sciureus; zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETINA; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0031016142     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.1.122     Document Type: Article

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