Influence of dietary vitamins A and E on serum α- and γ-tocopherols, retinol, retinyl palmitate and carotenoid concentrations in Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 333-339

  Crissey, Susan D ^a   McGill, Patricia ^a   Simeone, Ann Marie ^a  

^a Daniel F Ada L Rice Conserv B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Diet; Marine birds; Nutrition; Penguins; Spheniscus humboldti; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI; THALEICHTHYS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0032406290     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10131-9     Document Type: Article

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