Alleviation of vitamin A deficiency with palm fruit and its products

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-384

  Solomons, Noel W ^a,b,c   Orozco, Mónica ^a  

^a (CeSSIAM)   (Guatemala)

^b CeSSIAM in Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Evolution; Fatty fruits; Food safety; Food to food fortification; Guatemala; Hypervitaminosis A; Hypovitaminosis A; North Africa; Palm fruit; Provitamin A; Red palm oil; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; IRON; PALM OIL; PROTEIN; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; BETA CAROTENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST MILK; CALORIE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAIN; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE; IRON ABSORPTION; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MODEL; MORTALITY; PLANT; PLANT GENETICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOL INTOXICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TISSUE; TUBER (GENUS); CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; ELAEIS; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; HUMANS; HYPERVITAMINOSIS A; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT OILS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2142854063     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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