Yellow maize with high β-carotene is an effective source of vitamin A in healthy Zimbabwean men

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 510-519

  Muzhingi, Tawanda ^a   Gadaga, Tendekayi H ^b   Siwela, Andrew H ^c   Grusak, Michael A ^d   Russell, Robert M ^a,e   Tang, Guangwen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CARBON 13; CORN OIL; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUTTER; CORN; DIET RESTRICTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN A; ZEA MAYS; ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960852440     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.006486     Document Type: Article

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