Chylomicron β-carotene and retinyl palmitate responses are dramatically diminished when men ingest β-carotene with medium-chain rather than long- chain triglycerides

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1361-1367

  Borel, Patrick ^a   Tyssandier, Viviane ^a   Mekki, Nadia ^b   Grolier, Pascal ^a   Rochette, Yvanne ^a   Alexandre Gouabau, Marie C ^a   Lairon, Denis ^b   Azaïs Braesco, Veronique ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Humans; Retinyl palmitate; Carotene bioavailability; Carotene provitamin A activity

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHYLOMICRON; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MALE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031877364     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.8.1361     Document Type: Article

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