Absorption of phytol from dietary chlorophyll in the rat
The fate of ingested chlorophyll—particularly of the phytol portion of the molecule—was studied. Uniformly 14C-labeled pheophytin a (the Mg-free derivative of chlorophyll a) was prepared from an extract of tobacco leaves grown in 14CO2, and was administered by stomach tube to rats in which the thora...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1967-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520388830 |