γ-tocotrienol and γ-tocopherol are primarily metabolized to conjugated 2-(β-carboxyethyl)- 6-hydroxy-2,7,8-trimethylchroman and sulfated long-chain carboxychromanols in rats 1-3

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 884-889

  Freiser, Helene ^a   Jiang, Qing ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CHROMANONE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; CORN OIL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; SULFATASE; TOCOPHEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PLASTOCHROMANOL 8; SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FEEDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SULFATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL LINE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMANS; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFATES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 65349107677     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.103309     Document Type: Article

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