A new approach to the assessment of marginal vitamin A deficiency in children in suburban Guwahati, India: Hydrolysis of retinoyl glucuronide to retinoic acid

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 794-797

  Sarma, Pulin C ^a   Goswami, Bhabesh C ^a   Gogoi, Krishna ^b   Bhattacharjee, Harsha ^b   Barua, Arun B ^c,d  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya   (India)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Retinoyl glucuronide hydrolysis test; Serum cartene; Serum retinol; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; RETINOYLGLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SUBURBAN AREA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; BETA CAROTENE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEIN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRETINOIN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

RATTUS;

EID: 67649448943     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508047739     Document Type: Article

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