Beta carotene
Subtitle: dietary sources, cancer, and cognition
By: [edited by] Leiv Haugen and Terje Bjornson.
Contributors: Haugen, Leiv.; Bjornson, Terje.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607416111
Subjects: Beta carotene; Vitamin A in human nutrition; beta Carotene -- physiology; Anticarcinogenic Agents; Antioxidants; Flavonoids -- therapeutic use; Vitamin A -- metabolism; beta Carotene -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Carotenoids in crops : roles, regulation of the pathway, breeding to improve the content / Marco Fambrini & Claudio Pugliesi; title: [Beta]-carotene production under greenhouse conditions / Ramón Gerardo Guevara-González ... [et al.]; title: Flavonoids with antimicrobial properties / Rosa Martha Pérez Gutiérrez; title: Water soluble supramolecular complexes of [beta]-carotene and other carotenoids / Nikolay E. Polyakov and Lowell D. Kispert; title: 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, Vassiliki Oreopoulou; title: Evaluating the effectiveness of beta-carotene-rich food interventions for improving vitamin A status / Betty J. Burri and Tami Turner; title: Carotene dispersion in liquid media / Cao-Hoang Lan, Waché Yves; title: Comparing local fruits and vegetables and [beta]-carotene supplements as a vitamin A source for Honduran mothers and infants / Douglas L. Taren ... [et al.]; title: Role of small-sized tomatoes in carotenoids assumption / Fabio Licciardello and Giuseppe Muratore; title: Seafood : a natural source of carotenoids / Ana Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós, Julia López-Hernández.