Identifying anatomical sites of carotenoid metabolism in birds

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 987-988

  McGraw, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYECHINENONE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ECHINENONE; OXYGENASE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIRD; DUODENUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEATHER; FINCH; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SONGBIRD; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BIRDS; CAROTENOIDS; LIVER; PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN A;

AVES;

EID: 68349121600     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0544-7     Document Type: Note

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