Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables
Recently there is a considerable interest in combating vitamin A deficiency (VAD) by manipulating carotenoid content and composition in plants through genetic manipulation to meet the daily requirements for vitamin A. In Malaysia and most developing countries many people survive largely on plant-bas...
Main Authors: | Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Othman, Rashidi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English English |
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Academic Sciences
2014
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/1/37969_Quantification%20of%20pro-vitamin%20a%20activities.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/2/37969_Quantification%20of%20pro-vitamin%20a%20activities_SCOPUS.pdf |
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