Distribution of vitamin C is tissue specific with early saturation of the brain and adrenal glands following differential oral dose regimens in guinea pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1539-1549

  Hasselholt, Stine ^a   Tveden Nyborg, Pernille ^a   Lykkesfeldt, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Distribution; Guinea pigs; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY FLUID; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SATURATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; OUTBRED STRAIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOMIZATION;

CAVIA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LIVER; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84929840428     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515000690     Document Type: Article

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