Mechanisms of digestion and absorption of dietary vitamin A

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue , 2005, Pages 87-103

  Harrison, Earl H ^a  

^a BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrolases; Intestine; Lipases; Retinoids; Retinyl esters

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHYLOMICRON; LECITHIN RETINOL ACYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPROTEIN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPID; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 2; RETINOL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPLEX FORMATION; DIGESTION; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE CELL; LIPID DIET; LYMPH; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIET; DIGESTION; ENZYMES; ESTERIFICATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; SOLUBILITY; VITAMIN A;

EID: 23944481843     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.25.050304.092614     Document Type: Review

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