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Relative contribution of ?-carotene to postprandial vitamin A concentrations in healthy humans after carrot consumption.

ABSTRACT: Background: Asymmetric ?-carotene, a provitamin A carotenoid, is cleaved to produce retinol (vitamin A) and ?-retinol (with negligible vitamin A activity). The vitamin A activity of ?-carotene-containing foods is likely overestimated because traditional analytic methods do not separate ?-retinol derivatives from active retinol.Objective: This study aimed to accurately characterize intestinal ?-carotene cleavage and its relative contribution to postprandial vitamin A in humans after consumption of raw carrots.Design: Healthy adults (n = 12) consumed a meal containing 300 g raw carrot (providing 27.3 mg ?-carotene and 18.7 mg ?-carotene). Triglyceride-rich lipoprotein fractions of plasma were isolated and extracted, and ?-retinyl palmitate (?RP) and retinyl palmitate were measured over 12 h postprandially via high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The complete profile of all ?-retinyl esters and retinyl esters was measured at 6 h, and total absorption of ?- and ?-carotene was calculated.Results: ?RP was identified and quantified in every subject. No difference in preference for absorption of ?- over ?-carotene was observed (adjusting for dose, 28% higher, P = 0.103). After absorption, ?-carotene trended toward preferential cleavage compared with ?-carotene (22% higher, P = 0.084). A large range of provitamin A carotenoid conversion efficiencies was observed, with ?-carotene contributing 12-35% of newly converted vitamin A (predicted contribution = 25.5%). In all subjects, a majority of ?-retinol was esterified to palmitic acid (as compared with other fatty acids).Conclusions: ?-Retinol is esterified in the enterocyte and transported in the blood analogous to retinol. The percentage of absorption of ?-carotene from raw carrots was not significantly different from ?-carotene when adjusting for dose, although a trend toward higher cleavage of ?-carotene was observed. The results demonstrate large interindividual variability in ?-carotene conversion. The contribution of newly absorbed ?-carotene to postprandial vitamin A should not be estimated but should be measured directly to accurately assess the vitamin A capacity of ?-carotene-containing foods. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01432210.

SUBMITTER: Cooperstone JL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5486200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

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Relative contribution of α-carotene to postprandial vitamin A concentrations in healthy humans after carrot consumption.

Cooperstone Jessica L JL Goetz Hilary J HJ Riedl Ken M KM Harrison Earl H EH Schwartz Steven J SJ Kopec Rachel E RE

The American journal of clinical nutrition 20170517 1

<b>Background:</b> Asymmetric α-carotene, a provitamin A carotenoid, is cleaved to produce retinol (vitamin A) and α-retinol (with negligible vitamin A activity). The vitamin A activity of α-carotene-containing foods is likely overestimated because traditional analytic methods do not separate α-retinol derivatives from active retinol.<b>Objective:</b> This study aimed to accurately characterize intestinal α-carotene cleavage and its relative contribution to postprandial vitamin A in humans after ...[more]

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Relative contribution of ?-carotene to postprandial vitamin A concentrations in healthy humans after carrot consumption.

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