Carotenoids are more bioavailable from papaya than from tomato and carrot in humans: A randomised cross-over study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 490-498

  Schweiggert, Ralf M ^a,b   Kopec, Rachel E ^b   Villalobos Gutierrez, Maria G ^c   Högel, Josef ^d   Quesada, Silvia ^c   Esquivel, Patricia ^c   Schwartz, Steven J ^b   Carle, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotene; Cryptoxanthin; Bioavailability; Lycopene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; TAG RICH LIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARROT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOID; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPAYA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TOMATO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BETA CAROTENE; CARICA; CAROTENOIDS; COSTA RICA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DAUCUS CAROTA; FEMALE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIPOPROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT ROOTS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; XANTHOPHYLLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885449109     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513002596     Document Type: Article

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