High-provitamin A carotenoid (orange) maize increases hepatic vitamin a reserves of offspring in a vitamin A-depleted sow-piglet model during lactation

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1141-1146

  Heying, Emily K ^a   Grahn, Michael ^b   Pixley, Kevin V ^a,b   Rocheford, Torbert ^c   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIVER LEVEL; MAIZE; MILK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORANGE MAIZE; PIGLET; PREGNANCY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOW (SWINE); VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING; WHITE MAIZE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIVER; MALE; MILK; SWINE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZEA MAYS;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879803032     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.175679     Document Type: Article

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