Tissue stores of β-carotene are not conserved for later use as a source of vitamin a during compromised vitamin A status in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1179-1185

  Thatcher, Angela J ^a   Lee, Christine M ^a   Erdman Jr , John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mongolian gerbils; Vitamin A; Vitamin A deficiency; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GERBIL; KIDNEY; LIVER LEVEL; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0031849577     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.7.1179     Document Type: Article

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