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Vitamin A status in healthy women eating traditionally prepared spirulina (Dihé) in the Chad Lake area

BACKGROUND: Chad Lake is a central place in a region with a high prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. Spirulina, a natural source of β-carotene, is traditionally produced and eaten as “Dihé” around Chad Lake. β-carotene spirulina has been found to have a high conversion factor to retinol. The aim of...

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Autores principales: Soudy, Imar Djibrine, Minet-Quinard, Régine, Mahamat, Alhadj Djidda, Ngoua, Hadjé Fatimé, Izzedine, Abdelaziz Arada, Tidjani, Abdelsalam, Ngo Bum, Elisabeth, Lambert, Céline, Pereira, Bruno, Desjeux, Jehan-François, Sapin, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29377934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191887