Improved bioavailability of calcium in genetically‐modified carrots
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Bioavailability of b-carotene (bC) from purple carrots is the same as typical orange carrots while high-bC carrots increase bC stores in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)
Vitamin A (VA) deficiency is a worldwide public health problem. Biofortifying existing sources of b-carotene (bC) and increasing dietary bC could help combat the issue. Two studies were performed to investigate the relative bC bioavailability of a bC supplement to purple, high-bC orange, and typical orange carrots using Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). In study 1, which used a traditi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.1096.5