Tackling vitamin A deficiency with biofortified sweetpotato in sub-Saharan Africa

Orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP) is a rich plant-based source of beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A. In sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato is known as a food security crop but most varieties grown are high dry matter white-fleshed types, lacking beta-carotene. In 1995, researchers r...

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Autores principales: Low, Jan W., Mwanga, Robert O.M., Andrade, Maria, Carey, Edward, Ball, Anna-Marie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.01.004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.01.004

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