Kinetic Analysis Shows That Iron Deficiency Decreases Liver Vitamin A Mobilization in Rats1,2
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Key words:
iron deficiency
vitamin A kinetics
simulation, analysis and modeling
rats
Abbreviations used:
CN
control
FCRp
plasma fractional catabolic rate
fdose
fraction of the injected dose
ID
iron-deficient
L(I,J)
fractional transfer coefficient
R(I,J)
transfer rate
RBP
retinol-binding protein
TBV
total blood volume
TMMP-retinol
all-trans-9-(4-methoxy-2,3,6-trimethylphenyl)-3,7-dimethyl-2,4,6,8-nonatetraen-1-ol.
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Presented in part at Experimental Biology 99, April 1999, Washington D.C. [Green, M. H., Jang, J.-T. & Beard, J. L. (1999) Iron deficiency affects vitamin A kinetics in rats. FASEB J. 13: A867 (abs.)].
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Supported by a grant from the Inter-College Graduate Program in Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University.
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