Titlebook: Carotenoids Volume 5: Nutrition and Health; George Britton,Hanspeter Pfander (Chief Operating Book 2009 Birkhäuser Basel 2009 Absorption.

voluble

巩固

The Obstacle of Formalism in Linear Algebraetary importance of β-carotene and some other carotenoids as provitamin A was established. This alone is sufficient to ensure that carotenoids will always have an important place and value in human nutrition. But there is more. This is now the era of ‘functional foods’, when a major goal is to ident

Carcinogen

https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47619-3ed knowledge of the qualitative and quantitative distribution of these compounds in the food supply as well as in human blood, major organs, and tissues. The occurrence and distribution of nutritionally important carotenoids in foods, especially fruits and vegetables, is surveyed in . and the distri

Seminar

https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47619-3or colouration must obtain them from the diet. Although humans, being mammals, are normally not coloured by carotenoids, analysis of human blood and tissues reveals a significant content of carotenoids which, as discussed later in this book, are associated with good health and reduced risk of diseas

轻浮思想

https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47619-3in foods, . in the form of herbal extracts. Supplements in the form of vitamin pills have been known for decades. Supplements of non-essential nutrients are also widely available. The use of dietary supplements has become so widely accepted that they can be found in supermarkets alongside basic food

昆虫

Granular

https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47619-3s. In comparison, the enhancement of quality traits such as improved nutritional content and aesthetic colour has been neglected. Now, however, consumers increasingly demand improved food quality and safety and, as a consequence, plant breeding has been forced to address these issues. One example of

BLOT

https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47619-3but have to be provided in the diet, in food or as supplements. The processes by which the ingested carotenoids are absorbed, transported in the body and deposited in tissues and organs are of fundamental importance in relation to any effect of carotenoids on human health. The term ‘.’ is used to re

JADED

https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47619-3amin A carotenoids, particularly α-carotene (.) and β-cryptoxanthin (.), have been investigated by various techniques. As discussed in ., vitamin A nutrition is of worldwide interest; deficiency of the vitamin remains a problem in developing countries, affecting 75 to 140 million children [.]. Defic

争吵