Carotenoid bioaccessibility in fruit- and vegetable-based food products as affected by product (micro)structural characteristics and the presence of lipids: A review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 125-135

  Lemmens, Lien ^a   Colle, Ines ^a   Van Buggenhout, Sandy ^a   Palmero, Paola ^a   Van Loey, Ann ^a   Hendrickx, Marc ^a  

^a LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; FRUITS; LIPIDS; VEGETABLES;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; HEALTH BENEFITS; HYDROPHOBIC CHARACTER; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 84904401926     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2014.05.005     Document Type: Review

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