The effect of age on vitamin E status, metabolism, and function: Metabolism as assessed by labeled tocopherols

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1031, Issue , 2004, Pages 40-43

  Brigelius Flohé, Regina ^a   Roob, Johannes M ^b   Tiran, Beate ^b   Wuga, Sandra ^c   Ribalta, Josep ^d   Rock, Edmond ^e   Winklhofer Roob, Brigitte M ^c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Aging; Metabolism; Vitamin E; CEHCS; tocopherol; CEHCS; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DEUTERIUM; DRUG METABOLITE; GAMMA CARBOXYETHYLHYDROXYCHROMAN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 14944371880     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1331.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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