Vitamin A uptake from foods

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-247

  Li, Ellen ^a,c   Tso, Patrick ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Knockout mice; Lipoproteins; Retinoids; Retinol binding proteins

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHYLOMICRON; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN GENETICS; INTESTINE CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAROTENOIDS; ENTEROCYTES; FOOD; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LYMPH NODES; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0038170407     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200306000-00003     Document Type: Review

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