A review of vitamin A equivalency of β-carotene in various food matrices for human consumption

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2153-2166

  Van Loo Bouwman, Carolien A ^a,b   Naber, Ton H J ^a,b   Schaafsma, Gertjan ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology Tergooi ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Schaafsma Advisory Services in Food Health and Safety   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Human studies; Vitamin A equivalency; Carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; RETINOL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT VEGETABLE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT OILS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84901465252     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000166     Document Type: Article

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