Serum α- and γ-tocopherols, retinol, retinyl palmitate, and carotenoid concentrations in captive and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-396

  Crissey, Susan D ^a   Wells, Randall ^a  

^a BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Dolphins; Retinol; Retinyl esters; Tocopherol; Tursiops truncatus; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032724592     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00137-6     Document Type: Article

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