Relationship between Oxidation and Conjugation Metabolism of Skatole in Pig Liver and Concentrations of Skatole in Fat

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 829-838

  Babol, Jakob ^a   Squires, E James ^b   Lundström, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucuronic acid; Liver; Pigs; Skatole; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; SKATOLE; SULFURIC ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLUCURONATES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; KINETICS; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SKATOLE; SULFURIC ACIDS; SWINE;

EID: 0032011701     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.763829x     Document Type: Article

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