The effect of α-tocopherol on the oxidative cleavage of β-carotene

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-114

  Yeum, Kyung Jin ^a   Dos Anjos Ferreira, Ana Lucia ^c   Smith, Donald ^a   Krinsky, Norman I ^a,b   Russell, Robert M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

apo carotenoids; carotene; carotene 15; 15' dioxygenase; Central cleavage; Free radicals; Oxidation products; Random cleavage; Retinal; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA APO 14' CAROTENOIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE 15,15' MONOOXYGENASE; CAROTENOID; FREE RADICAL; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXYGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BETA-CAROTENE 15,15'-MONOOXYGENASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KINETICS; MALE; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034661005     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(00)00296-3     Document Type: Article

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