Lipases and carboxylesterases: Possible roles in the hepatic metabolism of retinol

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue , 1998, Pages 259-276

  Harrison, Earl H ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrolases; Liver; Retinoids; Retinyl esters; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; ESTERS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIPASE; LIVER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0031844055     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.18.1.259     Document Type: Review

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