α- and β-carotene from a commercial carrot puree are more bioavailable to humans than from boiled-mashed carrots, as determined using an extrinsic stable isotope reference method

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-167

  Edwards, Alison J ^a,b   Nguyen, Christine H ^a,b   You, Cha Sook ^a,b   Swanson, Joy E ^a,b   Emenhiser, Curt ^a,b   Parker, Robert S ^a,b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Humans; Provitamin A carotenoids; Retinol equivalency; Stable isotope; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; DEUTERIUM; RETINOL ESTER;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; TEST MEAL;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0036167789     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.2.159     Document Type: Article

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