Tissue distribution of vitamin E metabolites in rats after oral administration of tocopherol or tocotrienol

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 326-332

  Uchida, Tomono ^a   Nomura, Saki ^a   Ichikawa, Tomio ^a   Abe, Chisato ^b   Ikeda, Saiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tsu City College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carboxyethyl hydroxychroman; Tocopherol; Tocotrienol; Vitamin e

Indexed keywords

2,5,7,8 TETRAMETHYL 2 (2' CARBOXYETHYL) 6 HYDROXYCHROMAN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; KETOCONAZOLE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMALL INTESTINE;

14-ALPHA DEMETHYLASE INHIBITORS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHROMANS; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; INTESTINE, SMALL; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROPIONATES; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOCOTRIENOLS; VITAMIN E;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856805385     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.57.326     Document Type: Article

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