Vitamin A equivalence of spirulina β-carotene in Chinese adults as assessed by using a stable-isotope reference method

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1730-1737

  Wang, Jie ^a   Wang, Yin ^b   Wang, Zhixu ^c   Li, Lei ^a   Qin, Jian ^d   Lai, Weiqi ^b   Fu, Ying ^b   Suter, Paolo M ^e,f   Russell, Robert M ^d   Grusak, Michael A ^g   Tang, Guangwen ^d   Yin, Shian ^a  

^a National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^g CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CARBON 13; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAL; SPIRULINA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

SPIRULINA;

EID: 45749114876     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.6.1730     Document Type: Article

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