Increased consumption of dietary cholesterol, lutein, and zeaxanthin as egg yolks does not decrease serum concentrations and lipoprotein distribution of other carotenoids, retinol, and tocopherols

Nutrition Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 747-755

  Vishwanathan, Rohini ^a   Gendron, Candice M ^b   Goodrow Kotyla, Elizabeth F ^c   Wilson, Thomas A ^c   Nicolosi, Robert J ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mayo Medical Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Cholesterol; Eggs; Humans; Tocopherols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCARBON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG YOLK; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CAROTENOIDS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; EGG YOLK; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; TOCOPHEROLS; VITAMIN A; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 78649871644     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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