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The challenge to reach nutritional adequacy for vitamin A: β-carotene bioavailability and conversion--evidence in humans.

β-Carotene is an important dietary source of vitamin A for humans. However, the bioavailability and vitamin A equivalency of β-carotene...

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Increasing Plant Based Foods or Dairy Foods Differentially Affects Nutrient Intakes: Dietary Scenarios Using NHANES 2007-2010.

Diets rich in plant foods and lower in animal-based products have garnered increased attention among researchers, dietitians and health professionals...

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Vitamin A Deficiency and the Lung.

Vitamin A (all-trans-retinol) is a fat-soluble micronutrient which together with its natural derivatives and synthetic analogues constitutes the group of...

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Bioconversion of dietary provitamin A carotenoids to vitamin A in humans.

Recent progress in the measurement of the bioconversion of dietary provitamin A carotenoids to vitamin A is reviewed in this...

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Antidotal Effects of Curcumin Against Agents-Induced Cardiovascular Toxicity.

Curcumin, the major phenolic compound in turmeric, shows preventive effects in various diseases. Curcumin is commonly found in rhizome of...

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Carnosine Supplementation Mitigates the Deleterious Effects of Particulate Matter Exposure in Mice.

Background Exposure to fine airborne particulate matter ( PM 2.5) induces quantitative and qualitative defects in bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor...

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Activation of NLRP3 in microglia exacerbates diesel exhaust particles-induced impairment in learning and memory in mice.

BACKGROUND: The major components of traffic pollution particulate matter, diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), are airborne ultrafine particles (UFPs). DEPs can...

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Protective Effects of N-Acetyl Cysteine against Diesel Exhaust Particles-Induced Intracellular ROS Generates Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines to Mediate the Vascular Permeability of Capillary-Like Endothelial Tubes.

Exposure to diesel exhaust particles (DEP) is associated with pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. Previous studies using in vitro endothelial tubes...

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Alzheimer disease starts in childhood in polluted Metropolitan Mexico City. A major health crisis in progress.

Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) above USEPA standards are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. Metropolitan...

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