Changes in the level of sialic acid in plasma, brain and liver of inherently scorbutic rats during vitamin C and E deficiencies

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1592-1593

  Tanaka, Kyoko ^a   Tokumaru, Sadako ^a,b   Kojo, Shosuke ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

N acetylneuraminic acid; ODS rat; sialic acid; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SCURVY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SCURVY; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032132588     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.62.1592     Document Type: Article

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