Spinach or carrots can supply significant amounts of vitamin A as assessed by feeding with intrinsically deuterated vegetables

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 821-828

  Tang, Guangwen ^a   Qin, Jian ^a   Dolnikowski, Gregory G ^a   Russell, Robert M ^a   Grusak, Michael A ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrots; Hydroponics; Mass spectrometry; Spinach; Stable isotope; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARROT; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; SPINACH; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

DAUCUS CAROTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARBON ISOTOPES; DAUCUS CAROTA; DEUTERIUM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VITAMIN A;

EID: 27744440450     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.4.821     Document Type: Article

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