Article: Absorption and conversion of 11,12-(3)H-(beta)-carotene to vitamin A in Sprague-Dawley rats of different vitamin A status

Article: Cats absorb (Beta)-carotene, but it is not converted to ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... EXPANDED ABSTRACT KEY WORDS: * cat * beta-carotene * vitamin A * carotene cleavage * plasma In many mammals Beta-carotene ... domestic cat lacks the ability to convert Beta-carotene to vitamin A (2,3). Because neither dietary nor parenterally ...

Article: Supplementation with vitamin C, vitamin E or ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  July 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E or beta-carotene) on osmotic fragility ... enriched with vitamin C, vitamin E orbeta-carotene. Compared with the control ... concentrations tested, vitamin C and /-carotene significantly affected ...

Article: "Visionary" carrots take root. (hybrid very high in beta ...
Saturday Evening Post;  July 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... found in carrots we eat today. Carotene, the pigment that gives carrots ... the lining of the intestine into vitamin A. Of all carotenes, beta-carotene conversion produces the greatest amount of vitamin A. Because of the high incidence ...

Article: Vitamin A and beta-carotene can improve nonheme ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  March 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... with iron and vitamins was instituted ... concentrations of vitamin A (from 0 ... cereal) or beta-carotene (from 0.58 ... regulated by the vitamin A status of the ... individual. beta-carotene accumulation ... safe source of vitamin A (Roche Laboratories ... with iron and vitamins was ...

Article: Ferrets (Mustela putoius furo) inefficiently convert ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  February 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... putoius furo) Inefficiently Convert Beta-Carotene to Vitamin A1 Janine D. Lederman, Katrina M. Overton ... 128: 271-279, 1998. KEY WORDS: * vitamin * Beta-carotene ferrets * bioconversion Vitamin A (VA)3 deficiency is an important ...

Article: Tobacco Use and Associations of [beta]-Carotene and ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Folate and vitamins C and B ... whereas vitamin D tended ... 946;-carotene and smoking ... and/or vitamins have been ... ascorbic acid, vitamin E, or β-carotene (1). Most ... studies (8). Vitamin D was also ... of dietary vitamins or β-carotene on the risk ...

Article: Both [alpha]- and [beta]-Carotene, but Not Tocopherols and ...
The Journal of Nutrition;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... role of β-carotene, α-tocopherol, and vitamin C in the prevention ... In particular, vitamin E (1) and β-carotene (2) received much ... a high intake of vitamin E (15-17), carotene (15), fruit and ...