Absorption of chlorophyll phytol in normal man and in patients with Refsum's disease
This study was made to determine the extent of absorption of chlorophyll phytol from the intestine of man, and the importance of chlorophyll as a source of the phytanic acid that accumulates in Refsum's disease. Uniformly 14C-labeled pheophytin a (the Mg-free derivative of chlorophyll a) was fe...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1968-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520427117 |