Studies on the bioavailability of the provitamin A carotenoid, β-carotene, using human exfoliated colonic epithelial cells

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-245

  Gireesh, T ^a   Nair, P P ^b   Sudhakaran, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene; Bioavailability; Colonic epithelial cells; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; COLON; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FECES; HUMANS; LUTEIN; PHOSPHORUS; SPIRULINA; VITAMIN A;

SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 4544362310     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041175     Document Type: Article

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