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β-carotene level in serum

Value	147 ng/ml
Organism	Human Homo sapiens
Reference	Hagiwara T, Yasuno T, Funayama K, Suzuki S. Determination of lycopene, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene in serum by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry with selected-ion monitoring. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 1998 Apr 24 708(1-2):67-73. p.72 table 2 and table 3PubMed ID9653948
Method	The concentrations of stock carotenoid solutions were determined as follows: a 2 ml volume of the stock standard solution was diluted in hexane without BHT to the volume of 50 ml. The concentrations of these solution were determined from published absorption coefficients.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	106025