Lycopene and β-carotene are bioavailable from lycopene 'red' carrots in humans

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 803-811

  Horvitz, M A ^a   Simon, P W ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Carotenoids; Carrots; Humans; Lycopene; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CARROT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOMATO;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

DAUCUS CAROTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 2542426074     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601880     Document Type: Article

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