Identification and quantification of major carotenoids in selected components of the Mediterranean diet: Green leafy vegetables, figs and olive oil

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1149-1154

  Su, Q ^a   Rowley, K G ^b   Itsiopoulos, C ^c   O'Dea, K ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Figs; Green leafy vegetables; Mediterranean diet; Olive oil

Indexed keywords

AMARANTH; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; OLIVE OIL; TETRAHYDROFURAN; XANTHOPHYLL; TOCOPHEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDIVE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXTRACTION; FIG; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FICUS; GREECE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEGETABLE;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; CIRSIUM; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); PORTULACACEAE; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

AUSTRALIA; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FICUS; FOOD ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMANS; PLANT OILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOCOPHEROLS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036827018     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601472     Document Type: Article

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