Eat Your Carrots! β-Carotene and Cholesterol Homeostasis
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Bioconversion Efficiency of β-Carotene from Mango Fruit and Carrots in Vitamin A
Problem statement: Bioconversion efficiency of β-Carotene (BC) in vitamin A is strongly influenced by food matrix. This efficiency has been determined mainly in typical BC sources like carrots. BC content in mango fruit is considerably high however; the bioconversion efficiency of BC from fresh mango in vitamin A has not been determined nor compared with those of typical BC sources. Approach: V...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0022-3166,1541-6100
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxaa189