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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsBioconversion of Carotenoids in Five Fruits and Vegetables to Vitamin A Measured by Retinol Accumulation in Rat LiversArmando Carrillo-Lopez, Elhadi M. Yahia, Gabriela K. Ramirez-PadillaProblem statement: Vitamin A deficiency is one of the most prevalent and major nutritional problems in developing countries, especially in young children. In many countries, a substantial proportion of dietary vitamin A is commonly derived from pro-vitamin A carotenoids obtained from colored fruits and orange or green vegetables. However, the bioavailability of retinol derived from carotenoids from these plant sources … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,926 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDetection of DNA Hypomethylation Mediated Floral Induction in Longan and Spinach Using the HAT-RAPD TechniqueS. Anuntalabhochai, R. Chundet, N. Buapong, R. W. CutlerIn this study, the HAT-RAPD technique was used to detect DNA methylation in the four plant species, rice (Oryza sativa), petunia (Petunia hybrida), spinach (Spinacea oleracea L.) and longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.), which were treated using 5-azacytidine, potassium chlorate (KClO3) and a low temperature induction. Rice and petunia were chosen to be induced because in these species it is known … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2009 · 6,977 accessesView PDF Cite