Dietary α-tocopherol decreases α-tocotrienol but not γ-tocotrienol concentration in rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 428-434

  Ikeda, Saiko ^a,c   Tohyama, Tomoko ^a,d   Yoshimura, Hiroyuki ^b   Hamamura, Kimio ^b   Abe, Kouichi ^b   Yamashita, Kanae ^a  

^a SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d KINJO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Rats; Skin; Tocopherol; Tocotrienol; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN; TISSUE LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037317112     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.2.428     Document Type: Article

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