Quantification of pro-vitamin a activities and content in 22 selected ‘ULAM’ species or Malaysian traditional vegetables

• Main Authors: Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Othman, Rashidi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Sciences 2014
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica; SB Plant culture; TP Chemical technology; TP248.13 Biotechnology; TP934 Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc
• Online Access: 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; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37969/; http://www.ijppsjournal.com/Vol6Suppl3/8.pdf

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...