A question of balance: Achieving appropriate nutrient levels in biofortified staple crops

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-245

  Sanahuja, Georgina ^a   Farré, Gemma ^a   Berman, Judit ^a   Zorrilla López, Uxue ^a   Twyman, Richard M ^b   Capell, Teresa ^a   Christou, Paul ^a,c   Zhu, Changfu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b TRM Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biofortification; Dietary reference intake; Staple crops; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIS OIL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CORN OIL; COTTON SEED OIL; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; RAPESEED OIL; RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER; SAFFLOWER OIL; SOYBEAN OIL; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN; CAROTENOID; FAT; MULTIVITAMIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BILE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFORTIFIED STAPLE CROP; BREEDING; CEREAL; COOKING; CROP; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; FIRST PASS EFFECT; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAIN; HUMAN; HYPERVITAMINOSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; LEACHING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PEST INSECT; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PLANT BREEDING; REVIEW; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AVITAMINOSIS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VITAMINS;

EID: 84899755237     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422413000176     Document Type: Article

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