Absorption and conversion of a single oral dose of β-carotene in corn oil to vitamin A in Sprague-Dawley rats with low reserve of vitamin A

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Barua, Arun B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Metabolism; Sprague Dawley rats; Vitamin A; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CORN OIL; RETINOID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041695224     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.73.4.267     Document Type: Article

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