Content of retinol and retinyl esters in blood plasma, liver, kidney and reproductive organs of Japanese quails

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 435-443

  Kerti, Annamária ^a,c   Buchholz, Ingeborg ^b   Schweigert, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Blood plasma; Japanese quail; Liver; Ovary; Oviduct; Reproduction; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

PALMITIC ACID; RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER; STEARIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FEMALE; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVIDUCT; PLASMA; QUAIL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COTURNIX; GENITAL SYSTEM; METABOLISM; UTERUS;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; ESTERS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; OVARY; OVIDUCTS; UTERUS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 1842846649     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.50.2002.4.6     Document Type: Article

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