Ingestion by men of a combined dose of β-carotene and lycopene does not affect the absorption of β-carotene but improves that of lycopene

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1833-1837

  Johnson, Elizabeth J ^a   Qin, Jian ^a   Krinsky, Norman I ^b   Russell, Robert M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Lycopene; Serum response; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARIA;

EID: 0030929555     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.9.1833     Document Type: Article

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