Concentration of carotenoids, retinol and α-tocopherol in plasma of six microchiroptera species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 492-497

  Müller, Kerstin ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^b   Raila, Jens ^c   Hurtienne, Andrea ^c   Vater, Marianne ^c   Brunnberg, Leo ^a   Schweigert, Florian J ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Blood; Carotenoids; Microchiroptera; Retinol; Retinol binding protein; Transthyretin; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; CARRIER PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL ESTER; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; MOLOSSUS MOLOSSUS; PHYLLOSTOMUS HASTATUS;

EID: 34249003033     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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