Relative vitamin A values of 9-cis- and 13-cis-β-carotene do not differ when fed at physiological levels during vitamin A depletion in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-169

  Bresnahan, Kara A ^a   Davis, Christopher R ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Bioconversion; Isomer effects; Carotene

Indexed keywords

13 BETA CAROTENE; 9 BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; COTTON SEED OIL; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERBIL; HEALTH STATUS; LIVER LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT PRODUCT; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; MICROPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GERBILLINAE; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84903197782     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000658     Document Type: Article

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