Article: The relative vitamin A value of 9-cis (Beta)-carotene is less and that of 13-cis (Beta)-carotene may be greater than the accepted 50% that of all-trans (Beta)-carotene in gerbils

Article: Beta-Carotene: The Controversy Continues.
Alternative Medicine Review;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... studies have substantiated [Beta]-carotene's ability to inhibit tumor ... Digestion and Absorption of Beta-Carotenes Carotenoids are found in foods ... tomatoes.[11] Typical dietary [Beta]-carotene intakes of American adults are ...

Article: (Beta)-carotene alters the morphology of NCI-H69 ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Cancer-Research Communication beta-Carotene Alters the Morphology of NCI ... Cells1 ABSTRACT The effect of beta-carotene on the morphology of NCI-H69 ... cancer cells that had undergone beta-carotene-induced growth reduction ...

Article: Chylomicron (beta-carotene) and retinyl palimitate ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Chylomicron beta-Carotene and Retinyl Palmitate Responses Are ... Dramatically Diminished When Men Ingest beta-Carotene with Medium-Chain Rather than Long ... ABSTRACT The effect of the ingestion of beta-carotene with medium-chain triglycerides ...

Article: Beta-carotene proves disappointing, maybe risky: ...
Environmental Nutrition;  March 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... large study out of Finland found beta-carotene supplements offered no protection ... 000 male physicians were given beta-carotene (50 milligrams every other day ... to the Harvard researchers, beta-carotene was of no benefit. But neither ...

Article: Beta-carotene--a team player
Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Keep beta-carotene on your nutritional team, despite ... Compelling evidence indicates that beta-carotene works better with other nutrients ... which are loaded with carotenoids like beta-carotene, alphacarotene, lutein, cryptoxanthin ...

Article: Dietary (beta-carotene) stimulates cell-mediated ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The role of beta-carotene on immune response in domestic ... were fed 0, 2, 20 or 50 mg beta-carotene/d; blood was sampled at wk ... assessed at wk 0, 3 and 7. beta-Carotene supplementation increased plasma ...

Article: (Beta-carotene), carotenoids and the prevention of ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... associations between serum or adipose Beta-carotene levels and cardiovascular disease outcomes ... In a majority of the studies, either Beta-carotene or total carotenes (including the alpha, Beta and other isomers) were associated with ...