Dietary sesame seed and its lignan increase both ascorbic acid concentration in some tissues and urinary excretion by stimulating biosynthesis in rats

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-392

  Ikeda, Saiko ^a,c   Abe, Chisato ^a   Uchida, Tomono ^a   Ichikawa, Tomio ^a   Horio, Fumihiko ^b   Yamashita, Kanae ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Sesame seed; Sesamin; UDP glucuronosyltransferase; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B; LIGNAN; MESSENGER RNA; SESAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SESAME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIET; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIGNANS; LIVER; LUNG; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SESAMUM; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 36349028530     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.53.383     Document Type: Article

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