Carotenoid deficiency in chronic pancreatitis: the effect of an increase in tomato consumption.

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Date publication

février 2011

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GUEANT Jean-Louis


Tous les auteurs :
Quilliot D, Forbes A, Dubois F, Gueant JL, Ziegler O

Résumé

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Carotenoids are potentially malabsorbed in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP). The aims of this study were: (1) to determine the prevalence of low levels of each of the major carotenoids in subjects with CP; (2) to compare carotenoids in CP subjects with or without vascular disease and (3) to test the effect of an increase in dietary lycopene intake in patients with low plasma lycopene concentration. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Simultaneous determination of carotenoids was done in 80 patients with CP and 20 healthy subjects, using high-performance liquid chromatography. Of the CP patients who had low lycopene concentration, 22 (

Référence

Eur J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb;65(2):262-8