Genetic variations associated with vitamin a status and vitamin A bioavailability

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Borel, Patrick ^a   Desmarchelier, Charles ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption; Bioavailability; Blood concentration; Carotenoids; Genetic polymorphisms; Nutrigenetics; Postprandial; Provitamin A; Retinol; Retinyl palmitate; carotene; carotene; cryptoxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 1; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOL;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; DIET; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85014898373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9030246     Document Type: Review

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