Vitamin A equivalence of the β-carotene in β-carotene- biofortified maize porridge consumed by women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1105-1112

  Li, Shanshan ^a   Nugroho, Angela ^a   Rocheford, Torbert ^b   White, Wendy S ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; LIPOPROTEIN; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLORIMETRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAIZE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; REFERENCE VALUE;

HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78149286945     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29802     Document Type: Article

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