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Application & Literature
Vitamin A Body Stores
Technical information
Peer-reviewed publications
- 2023
Association between Biomarkers of Inflammation and Total Liver Vitamin A Reserves Estimated by 13C-Retinol Isotope Dilution among Preschool Children in 5 African Countries
SURI, D.J., SOMBIÉ, O.O., ZEBA, A.N., NAMA, G.M., BEKELE, T.H., WOLDEYOHANNES, M., et al., Association between Biomarkers of Inflammation and Total Liver Vitamin A Reserves Estimated by 13C-Retinol Isotope Dilution among Preschool Children in 5 African Countries, The Journal of Nutrition 153 3 (2023) 622-35.
- 2021
Determination of Vitamin A Total Body Stores in Children from Dried Serum Spots: Application in a Low- and Middle-Income Country Community Setting
OXLEY, A., et al., Determination of vitamin A total body stores in children from dried serum spots: application in a low-and middle-income country community setting, The Journal of Nutrition 151 5 (2021) 1341-1346.
- 2020
Use of Model-Based Compartmental Analysis and a Super-Child Design to Study Whole-Body Retinol Kinetics and Vitamin A Total Body Stores in Children from 3 Lower-Income Countries
FORD, J.L., et al., Use of model-based compartmental analysis and a super-child design to study whole-body retinol kinetics and vitamin A total body stores in children from 3 lower-income countries, The Journal of Nutrition 150 2 (2020) 411-418.
- 2019
Liver retinol estimated by (13)C-retinol isotope dilution at 7 versus 14 days in Burkinabe schoolchildren
BATIONO, J.F., et al., Liver retinol estimated by (13) C-retinol isotope dilution at 7 versus 14 days in Burkinabe schoolchildren, Exp. Biol. Med. 244 16 (2019) 1430-1437.
- 2019
South African preschool children habitually consuming sheep liver and exposed to vitamin A supplementation and fortification have hypervitaminotic A liver stores: a cohort study
VAN STUIJVENBERG, M.E., et al., South African preschool children habitually consuming sheep liver and exposed to vitamin A supplementation and fortification have hypervitaminotic A liver stores: a cohort study, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 110 1 (2019) 91-101.
- 2018
Use of Stable Isotopes to Evaluate Bioefficacy of Provitamin A Carotenoids, Vitamin A Status, and Bioavailability of Iron and Zinc
SHEFTEL, J., et al., Use of stable isotopes to evaluate bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids, vitamin A status, and bioavailability of iron and zinc, Advances in Nutrition 9 5 (2018) 625-636.
- 2017
Use of a "Super-child" Approach to Assess the Vitamin A Equivalence of Moringa oleifera Leaves, Develop a Compartmental Model for Vitamin A Kinetics, and Estimate Vitamin A Total Body Stores in Young Mexican Children
LOPEZ-TEROS, V., et al., Use of a "Super-child" approach to assess the vitamin A equivalence of Moringa oleifera leaves, develop a compartmental model for vitamin A kinetics, and estimate vitamin A total body stores in young Mexican children, J. Nutr. 147 12 (2017) 2356-2363.
- 2017
Peanut butter increases the bioavailability and bioconversion of kale beta-carotene to vitamin A
MUZHINGI, T., et al., Peanut butter increases the bioavailability and bioconversion of kale beta-carotene to vitamin A, Asia Pac. J. Clin. Nutr. 26 6 (2017) 1039-1047.