β-carotene in Golden Rice is as good as β-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 658-664

  Tang, Guangwen ^a   Hu, Yuming ^b   Yin, Shi An ^c   Wang, Yin ^d   Dallal, Gerard E ^a   Grusak, Michael A ^e   Russell, Robert M ^a,f  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Maternal and Child Nutrition   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; DEUTERIUM; ISOTOPE; RETINOL; RETINOL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG CAPSULE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOLDEN RICE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OIL CAPSULE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINACH;

BETA CAROTENE; CHILD; CHINA; CORN OIL; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SPINACIA OLERACEA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84865321534     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.030775     Document Type: Article

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