Great apes show highly selective plasma carotenoids and have physiologically high plasma retinyl esters compared to humans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-242

  García, Ada L ^a,b   Raila, Jens ^a   Koebnick, Corinna ^b   Eulenberger, Klaus ^c   Schweigert, Florian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c Leipzig Zoological Garden   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Diet; Orangutan; Retinol binding protein; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

APE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 33748656050     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20428     Document Type: Article

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