β-carotene is an important vitamin A source for humans

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Grune, Tilman ^a   Lietz, Georg ^c   Palou, Andreu ^d   Ross, A Catharine ^e   Stahl, Wilhelm ^f   Tang, Guangweng ^g   Thurnham, David ^h   Yin, Shi An ^b   Biesalski, Hans K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; GLUTATHIONE; LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; SINGLET OXYGEN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; FRUIT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOOXIDATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PROTECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUNBURN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BETA CAROTENE; HUMANS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 78649556651     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.119024     Document Type: Review

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