Assessment of tissue distribution and concentration of β-cryptoxanthin in response to varying amounts of dietary β-cryptoxanthin in the Mongolian gerbil

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 968-978

  La Frano, Michael R ^a,b   Zhu, Chenghao ^b   Burri, Betty J ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Gerbils; Retinol; Tissue distribution; Vitamin A; Cryptoxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; TANGERINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; GERBIL; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIVER; METABOLISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS RETICULATA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN A; WEIGHT GAIN; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84899667336     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513003371     Document Type: Article

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