Dietary β-carotene is taken up by blood plasma and leukocytes in dogs

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1788-1791

  Chew, Boon P ^a   Park, Jean Soon ^a   Weng, Brian C ^a   Wong, Teri S ^a   Hayek, Michael G ^b   Reinhart, Gregory A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Leukocytes; Plasma; Uptake; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; LEUKOCYTE METABOLISM; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0343090378     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.7.1788     Document Type: Article

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