Intestinal absorption and metabolism of 9-cis-beta-carotene in vivo: biosynthesis of 9-cis-retinoic acid.

This study was done to examine the intestinal absorption and cleavage of 9-cis-beta-carotene in vivo. A micellar solution, containing either no addition or 10 mumol of 9-cis- or all-trans-beta-carotene, was perfused for 2 h through the upper portion of the small intestine of ferrets. The effluent of...

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Main Authors: X. Hébuterne, X.D. Wang, E.J. Johnson, N.I. Krinsky, R.M. Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1995-06-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520411344