Retention of total carotenoid and β-carotene in yellow sweet cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) after domestic cooking

Retention of total carotenoid and β-carotene in yellow sweet cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) after domestic cooking

Background: Over the last decade, considerable efforts have been made to identify cassava cultivars to improve the vitamin A nutritional status of undernourished populations, especially in northeast Brazil, where cassava is one of the principal and essentially only nutritional source. Objectives: Th...

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Main Authors: Lucia M. J. Carvalho, Alcides R. G. Oliveira, Ronoel L. O. Godoy, Sidney Pacheco, Marília R. Nutti, José L. V. de Carvalho, Elenilda J. Pereira, Wânia G. Fukuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swedish Nutrition Foundation 2012-03-01
Series:Food & Nutrition Research
Subjects:
sweet yellow cassava
carotenoid retention
β-carotene
home cooking methods
Online Access:http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/15788/21211

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