The challenge to reach nutritional adequacy for vitamin A: β-carotene bioavailability and conversion—evidence in humans

Vitamin A equivalence of the β-carotene in β-carotene–biofortified maize porridge consumed by women

(2010) Shanshan Li et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Molecular and dietary regulation of β,β-carotene 15,15′-monooxygenase 1 (BCMO1)

(2010) Georg Lietz et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Vitamin A equivalency and apparent absorption of β-carotene in ileostomy subjects using a dual-isotope dilution technique

(2010) Carolien A. Van Loo-Bouwman et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

β-Cryptoxanthin- and α-carotene-rich foods have greater apparent bioavailability than β-carotene-rich foods in Western diets

(2010) Betty J. Burri et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Can Be Used to Assess Vitamin A Metabolism Quantitatively in Boys in a Community Setting

(2010) Emmanuel K. Aklamati et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

β-Carotene Conversion to Vitamin A Decreases As the Dietary Dose Increases in Humans

(2010) Janet A. Novotny et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

β-Carotene Is an Important Vitamin A Source for Humans

(2010) Tilman Grune et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Golden Rice is an effective source of vitamin A

(2009) Guangwen Tang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

A Minute Dose of 14C-β-Carotene Is Absorbed and Converted to Retinoids in Humans

(2009) Charlene C. Ho et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Provision of Multiple Rather Than Two or Fewer Micronutrients More Effectively Improves Growth and Other Outcomes in Micronutrient-Deficient Children and Adults

(2009) Lindsay H. Allen et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Vitamin A equivalency of β-carotene in healthy adults: limitation of the extrinsic dual-isotope dilution technique to measure matrix effect

(2008) Carolien A. Van Loo-Bouwman et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Pediatric ophthalmology in the developing world

(2008) Jennifer M Maida et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN OPHTHALMOLOGY

Two common single nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding β-carotene 15,15′-monoxygenase alter β-carotene metabolism in female volunteers

(2008) W. C. Leung et al.   FASEB JOURNAL