Tami Turner|Betty J. Burri|Kazi M. Jamil|Maleka Jamil
The effects of daily consumption of ?-cryptoxanthin–rich tangerines and ?-carotene–rich sweet potatoes on vitamin A and carotenoid concentrations in plasma and breast milk of Bangladeshi women with low vitamin A status in a randomized controlled trial
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research|Western Human Nutrition Research Center|University of California, Davis
potential cryptoxanthin cxrich foods form vitamin va humans well understoodwe measured effects consuming cx carotene bcrich foods plasma breast milk va carotenoids lactating women low va statusparticipants randomly assigned 4 groups n 34 34 34 33 respectively receiving orangefleshed sweet potatoes ofsps 12 mg bcd tangerines 53 mg cxd whitefleshed sweet potatoes wfsps va supplement 05 mgd wfsps 2 timesd 6 dwk 3 wk except va group received placebo capsules identical appearance va supplements changes plasma breast milk va bc cx measuredplasma retinol increased va group plasma bc ofsp group cx tangerine group increased 250 830 respectively apparent relative absorption cx group considering amounts consumed 4 times bc group mean sem changes milk va ofsp 0028 0074 moll tangerine 0067 0091 moll groups differ control 0077 0068 moll va 0277 0094 moll group milk cx increased tangerine groupva capsules increased plasma milk va concentrations greater change cx concentrations tangerine group bc concentrations ofsp group suggests cx tangerines better absorbed foods failed increase milk va concentrations trial registered clinicaltrialsgov nct01420406