Carotenoid absorption from salad and salsa by humans is enhanced by the addition of avocado or avocado oil

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 431-436

  Unlu, Nuray Z ^a   Bohn, Torsten ^a   Clinton, Steven K ^a   Schwartz, Steven J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocados; Carotenoids; Humans; Postprandial absorption; Triacyglycerol rich lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LYCOPENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AVOCADO; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 14944382334     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.3.431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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