Influence of feeding different vegetables on plasma levels of carotenoids, folate and vitamin C. Effect of disruption of the vegetable matrix

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-212

  Van Het Hof, Karin H ^a   Tijburg, Lilian B M ^a   Pietrzik, K ^b   Weststrate, Jan A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Carotenoids; Vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FOLIC ACID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DESTRUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PEA; SPINACH; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; PISUM SATIVUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0032886784     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599001385     Document Type: Article

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