Effects of a long-term dietary xylitol supplementation on collagen content and fluorescence of the skin in aged rats

Gerontology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 166-169

  Mattila, Pauli T ^a   Pelkonen, Päivi ^b   Knuuttila, Matti L E ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged rats; Collagen; Fluorescence; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROXYPROLINE; XYLITOL;

AGED; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXCISION; FEEDING; FLUORESCENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RAT; SAMPLE; SKIN; SKIN PROTECTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; XYLITOL;

EID: 23244452234     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083988     Document Type: Article

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