Carotenoid bioavailability and bioconversion

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue , 2002, Pages 483-504

  Yeum, Kyung Jin ^a   Russell, Robert M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cleavage; Transport; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHYLOMICRON; FAT; RETINOL; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL TRANSPORT; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAROTENOIDS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0036402133     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.22.010402.102834     Document Type: Review

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