- Metabolite
- HMDB0000561 (beta-Carotene)
- Biospecimen
- Blood
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 0.748 uM
- Age
- Adult (>18 years old)
- Sex
- Female
- Condition
- Normal
Comments
With significantly higher vegetable and fruit servings and fiber at 12 mo and significantly higher vegetable servings at 36 mo. From Exposome Explorer.
References
- McEligot AJ, Rock CL, Flatt SW, Newman V, Faerber S, Pierce JP: Plasma carotenoids are biomarkers of long-term high vegetable intake in women with breast cancer. J Nutr. 1999 Dec;129(12):2258-63. [PubMed:10573560 ]