Raman spectroscopy and imaging of β-carotene in live corpus luteum cells

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 249-266

  Arikan, S ^a,b   Sands, H S ^a   Rodway, R G ^a   Batchelder, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carotene; Cattle ovary; Luteal cells; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

BETA CAROTENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROSOME; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; MICROSOMES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0037124231     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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