Short-term (intestinal) and long-term (postintestinal) conversion of β-carotene to retinol in adults as assessed by a stable-isotope reference method

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-266

  Tang, Guangwen ^a   Qin, Jian ^a   Dolnikowski, Gregory G ^a   Russell, Robert M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humans; Mass spectrometry; Retinol equivalence; Stable isotope; 2H 8 retinyl acetate; 2H8 carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOTOPE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BETA CAROTENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; ISOTOPE LABELING; ISOTOPES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0043069929     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/78.2.259     Document Type: Article

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