High dietary fat and cholesterol exacerbates chronic vitamin C deficiency in guinea pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Frikke Schmidt, Henriette ^a   Tveden Nyborg, Pernille ^a   Birck, Malene Muusfeldt ^a   Lykkesfeldt, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain; High fat diet; Vitamin C deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GUINEA PIG; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 85027929229     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510003077     Document Type: Article

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