The metabolism and distribution of sesame lignans (sesamin and episesamin) in rats

Lipids

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-637

  Umeda Sawada, Rumi ^a   Ogawa, Megumi ^a   Igarashi, Osamu ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN OIL; EPISESAMIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIGNAN; SESAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG METABOLISM; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIOXOLES; KIDNEY; LIGNANS; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; SESAMUM INDICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032971631     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-999-0408-2     Document Type: Article

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