The potential for the improvement of carotenoid levels in foods and the likely systemic effects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 880-912

  Van Den Berg, H ^a   Faulks, R ^b   Granado, H Fernando ^c   Hirschberg, J ^d   Olmedilla, B ^c   Sandmann, G ^e   Southon, S ^b   Stahl, W ^f  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f Inst F Physiologische Chemie I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bioavailability; Biosynthesis; Carotenoids; Chemistry; Genetic manipulation; Nutrition; Processing; Review; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CAROTENOID; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD; FRUIT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HARVESTING; HUMAN NUTRITION; ISOPRENOID; LIGHT; OXIDATION DAMAGE; PHOTOOXIDATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RICE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; FUNGI; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0034657366     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(20000515)80:7<880::AID-JSFA646>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Review

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