Serum Vitamin A Esters Are High in Captive Rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Monkeys

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4202-4206

  Penniston, Kristina L ^a   Thayer, Julie C ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypervitaminosis A; Monkeys; Retinyl esters; Vitamin A; Vitamin A metabolites

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MACACA; MALE; MARMOSET; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; RETINOL INTOXICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STELLATE CELL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345168964     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4202     Document Type: Article

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