Spirulina is an effective dietary source of zeaxanthin to humans

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 611-619

  Yu, Bolan ^a,b   Wang, Jie ^c   Suter, Paolo M ^d   Russell, Robert M ^b   Grusak, Michael A ^e   Wang, Yin ^f   Wang, Zhixu ^g   Yin, Shian ^c   Tang, Guangwen ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^g NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2H labelling; Bioavailability; Spirulina; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DEUTERIUM; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRULINA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMERICAS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEUTERIUM; DIET; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SPIRULINA; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84865239290     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511005885     Document Type: Article

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