title: Plant sources of vitamin A and human nutrition: renewed strategies.
abstract: The ability of a supplement of local, cooked green leaves to support vitamin A nutriture of anemic, lactating rural Indonesian women was tested using increments in carotenoid and retinol content in plasma and breast milk as indices of bioavailability and bioconversion, respectively. While beta-carotene provided in a simple matrix of a fortified cracker produced substantial improvements in both vitamin A and carotenoid status, an equivalent amount from stir-fried vegetables had a negligible effect.
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Solomons
mesh_terms: D001682:Biological Availability; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A; D002338:Carotenoids