Bioavailability of the isomer mixture of phytoene and phytofluene-rich alga Dunaliella bardawil in rat plasma and tissues

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 585-591

  Werman, Moshe J ^a   Mokady, Shoshana ^a   Ben Amotz, Ami ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Dunaliella; Phytoene; Phytofluene

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; BETA CAROTENE; BLEACHING AGENT; CAROTENOID; HERBICIDE; NORFLURAZON;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALGA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATION; RAT; SPLEEN; SPRAY DRYING; STEREOISOMERISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL;

EID: 0036776186     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(02)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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