Low and high responders to pharmacological doses of β-carotene: Proportion in the population, mechanisms involved and consequences on β- carotene metabolism

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2250-2260

  Borel, Patrick ^a   Grolier, Pascal ^a   Mekki, Nadia ^b   Boirie, Yves ^c   Rochette, Yvanne ^a   Le Roy, Brigitte ^d   Alexandre Gouabau, Marie C ^a   Lairon, Denis ^b   Azais Braesco, Véronique ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

carotene status; Chylomicron; Erythropoeitic protoporphyria; Provitamin A activity; Retinoic acid; Retinyl palmitate

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CHYLOMICRON; OXYGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL PALMITATE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER PREVENTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CHYLOMICRONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; MALE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0031755369     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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