Carotenoids: 1. Metabolism and physiology;Les carotenoides: I. Metabolisme et physiologie

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-183

  Faure, H ^a   Fayol, V ^b   Galabert, C ^c   Grolier, P ^d   Le Moel G ^e   Steghens, J P ^f   Van Kappel, A ^g   Nabet, F ^h  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LMM Laboratoire Marcel Merieux   (France)

^c Hopital Renee Sabran   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHYLOMICRON; FREE RADICAL; LIPOPROTEIN; LYCOPENE; OXYGEN; SCAVENGER; ALPHA-CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARCINOGEN; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CYCLIZATION; DIET; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ABSORPTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LIVER; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARCINOGENS; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; DIFFUSION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; LIVER; NUTRITION POLICY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0033091773     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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