13C natural abundance in serum retinol acts as a biomarker for increases in dietary provitamin A

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-147

  Howe, Julie A ^a,b   Valentine, Ashley R ^a   Hull, Angela K ^a   Tanumihardjo, Sherry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

S carotene; 13C; Isotope; Natural abundance; Vegetable intake; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; CARBON 13; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET; FRUIT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 60549085229     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/0806-RM-199     Document Type: Article

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