Further analyses on Micronesian banana, taro, breadfruit and other foods for provitamin A carotenoids and minerals

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-236

  Englberger, Lois ^a   Aalbersberg, William ^b   Ravi, Praveen ^b   Bonnin, Evelyn ^c   Marks, Geoffrey C ^a   Fitzgerald, Maureen H ^d   Elymore, Jane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Dept of Health Educ/Social Affairs ^*  (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Banana; Breadfruit; Cultivars; HPLC; ICP; Micronesia; Minerals; Taro; Vitamin A deficiency; Zinc; carotene; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; MINERAL; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BREADFRUIT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERVIEW; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OBSERVATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CYRTOSPERMA CHAMISSONIS;

EID: 0037964197     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-1575(02)00171-0     Document Type: Article

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