Excentral cleavage of β-carotene in vivo in a healthy man

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 770-777

  Ho, Charlene C ^a   De Moura, Fabiana F ^a   Kim, Seung Hyun ^a   Clifford, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

14C; Humans; Vitamin A; apo carotenal; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA APO 12' CAROTENAL; BETA APO 8' CAROTENAL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE EPOXIDE; CARBON 14; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL PALMITATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; [10,10',11,11']BETA CAROTENE C 14;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847774261     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/85.3.770     Document Type: Article

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