Alpha-tocopherol concentration in fetal and maternal tissues of pregnant rats supplemented with alpha-tocopherol

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-112

  Viana, M ^a   Barbas, C ^a   Castro, M ^a   Herrera, E ^a   Bonet, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Newborns; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS LIVER; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0032815466     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012774     Document Type: Article

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