Human plasma and tissue α-tocopherol concentrations in response to supplementation with deuterated natural and synthetic vitamin E

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 669-684

  Burton, Graham W ^a   Trabet, Maret G ^b   Acuff, Robert V ^b   Walters, David N ^b   Kayden, Herbert ^b   Hughes, Lise ^b   Ingold, Keith U ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Deuterated tocopherols; Humans; Tissue concentrations of vitamin E; Tocopherol supplementation; Vitamin E; tocopherol; tocopherol isomers; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DEUTERIUM; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SKIN; SUPPLEMENTATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TISSUE LEVEL; VEIN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031976862     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.4.669     Document Type: Article

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