Major fruit and vegetable contributors to the main serum carotenoids in the Spanish diet

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 246-250

  Granado, F ^a   Olmedilla, B ^a   Blanco, I ^a   Rojas Hidalgo, E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoid intake; Fruits; Seasonality; Spanish dietary survey; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICHOKE; ARTICLE; BEAN; CARROT; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTUCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEPPER; POTATO; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPINACH; SUMMER; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; LUTEIN; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; VEGETABLES; XANTHINES;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PRUNUS PERSICA; SCOLYMUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0029990971     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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