TABLE 3.
Compartmental kinetic variables for total lycopene model1
| From donor compartment (n) | To recipient compartment (n) | Flow rate, μmol/d | Fractional transfer coefficient, d |
| Gastrointestinal tract (1) | Irreversible loss (0) | 11.8 ± 2.7 | 154.10 ± 12.92 |
| Gastrointestinal tract (1) | Delay compartment (2) | 2.46 ± 0.43 | 45.80 ± 12.92 |
| Delay compartment (2) | Enterocyte (3) | 2.46 ± 0.43 | 22.65 ± 2.78 |
| Enterocyte (3) | Chylomicrons (4) | 2.46 ± 0.43 | 5.51 ± 1.30 |
| Chylomicrons (4) | Fast-turnover tissue pool (5) | 2.46 ± 0.43 | 183.53 ± 29.48 |
| Fast-turnover tissue pool (5) | Lipoproteins (6) | 2.85 ± 0.42 | 1.00 ± 0.25 |
| Lipoproteins (6) | Fast-turnover tissue pool (5) | 0.40 ± 0.06 | 0.225 ± 0.002 |
| Lipoproteins (6) | Slow-turnover tissue pool (7) | 6.23 ± 1.12 | 4.05 ± 0.80 |
| Slow-turnover tissue pool (7) | Lipoproteins (6) | 3.77 ± 0.90 | 0.10 ± 0.04 |
| Slow-turnover pool of tissue lycopene (7) | Irreversible loss (0) | 2.46 ± 0.43 | 0.056 ± 0.007 |
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All values are means ± SEMs, n = 8.