Vitamin D Bioavailability: State of the Art

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1193-1205

  Borel, P ^a,b,c   Caillaud, D ^d   Cano, N J ^d,e,f,g  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^e INRA and University of Auvergne   (France)

^f CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

25 hydroxyvitamin D; absorption; bioaccessibility; Cholecalciferol; ergocalciferol; intestine

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EFFICIENCY; GENES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POLYESTERS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOACCESSIBILITY; CHOLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; INTESTINE;

VITAMINS;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FATTY ACID; LACTONE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE POLYESTER; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LACTONES; RISK FACTORS; SUCROSE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84924301938     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.688897     Document Type: Article

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