Selective excretion of yolk-derived tocotrienols into the bile of the chick embryo

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-396

  Surai, Peter F ^a   Speake, Brian K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile; Chick embryo; Tocopherol; Tocotrienol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GALLBLADDER; LIVER; LIVER METABOLISM; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0031646287     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10121-9     Document Type: Article

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