| Description |
xi, 358 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Series |
Nutrition and diet research progress series |
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Nutrition and diet research progress series.
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| Contents |
Carotenoids in crops : roles, regulation of the pathway, breeding to improve the content / Marco Fambrini and Claudio Pugliesi -- [Beta]-carotene production under greenhouse conditions / Ramón Gerardo Guevara-González ... [et al.] -- Flavonoids with antimicrobial properties / Rosa Martha Pérez Gutiérrez -- Water soluble supramolecular complexes of [beta]-carotene and other carotenoids / Nikolay E. Polyakov and Lowell D. Kispert -- In vitro antioxidant activity of synthetic [beta]-carotene and natural carotenoid extracts against the oxidative degradation of food-related oil-in-water emulsions / Sotirios Kiokias, Charikleia Dimakou and Vassiliki Oreopoulou -- |
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Evaluating the effectiveness of beta-carotene-rich food interventions for improving vitamin A status / Betty J. Burri and Tami Turner -- Carotene dispersion in liquid media / Cao-Hoang Lan and Waché Yves -- Comparing local fruits and vegetables and [beta]-carotene supplements as a vitamin A source for Honduran mothers and infants / Douglas L. Taren ... [et al.] -- The role of small-sized tomatoes in carotenoid uptake / Fabio Licciardello and Giuseppe Muratore -- Seafood : a natural source of carotenoids / Ana Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós and Julia López-Hernández |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Beta carotene.
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Vitamin A in human nutrition.
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beta Carotene -- physiology.
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Anticarcinogenic Agents.
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Antioxidants.
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Flavonoids -- therapeutic use.
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Vitamin A -- metabolism.
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beta Carotene -- therapeutic use.
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| Author |
Haugen, Leiv.
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Bjornson, Terje.
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| LC no. |
2009028427 |
| ISBN |
9781607416111 hardcover |
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1607416115 hardcover |
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