Decreasing ascorbate intake does not affect the levels of glutathione, tocopherol or retinol in the ascorbate-requiring osteogenic disorder Shionogi rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1229-1232

  Smith, Donald ^a   Shang, Fu ^a   Nowell, Thomas R ^a   Asmundsson, Gudbjorn ^a   Perrone, Gayle ^a   Dallal, Gerard ^a   Scott, Linda ^a   Kelliher, Maureen ^a   Gindelsky, Bella ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Cholesterol; Glutathione; Glycation; ODS rats; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GLYCATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033008970     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.6.1229     Document Type: Article

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