Vitamin A activity of buriti (Mauritia vinifera Mart) and its effectiveness in the treatment and prevention of xerophthalmia
| Autor: | Leonor Maria Pacheco Santos, M C C Lima, J G R Mariath |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Vitamin
medicine.medical_specialty Mauritia Medicine (miscellaneous) Biology Candy chemistry.chemical_compound beta-Carotene Internal medicine Xerophthalmia medicine Humans Plant Oils Food science Child Vitamin A Carotenoid chemistry.chemical_classification Nutrition and Dietetics Retinol food and beverages Retinol Equivalent beta Carotene biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Carotenoids Vitamin A deficiency Endocrinology chemistry Child Preschool Fruit Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
| Popis: | The fruit of buriti, a palm tree that grows wild in some regions of Brazil, contains beta-carotene in its oily fraction in a concentration 10 times higher than that of red-palm oil. The effectiveness of buriti sweet in the treatment and prevention of xerophthalmia was tested in 44 children aged 43-144 mo through daily supplementation with an amount corresponding to 134 micrograms retinol equivalent over 20 d. The results demonstrated that this natural food source of vitamin A can reverse clinical xerophthalmia and restore liver reserves of the vitamin, suggesting its possible utilization in intervention programs to combat vitamin A deficiency in countries where the fruit is available or has the potential for cultivation. |
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