Special Issue "Vitamin A and Carotenoids"

Guest Editor
Dr. Loredana Quadro
Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, 65 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
E-Mail: quadro@aesop.rutgers.edu
Phone: +1 848-9325491
Fax: +1 732-9326776
Interests: mechanisms of maternal-fetal transfer of vitamin A and carotenoids; control of prostate epithelium proliferation by vitamin A signaling

Guest Editor
Dr. William S. Blaner
Department of Medicine, Columbia University, 650 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032, USA
E-Mail: wsb2@columbia.edu
Phone: +1 212 305 5429
Fax: +1 212 305 2801
Interests: retinoid (vitamin A and its metabolites) metabolism and actions

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• pro-vitamin A  and non-provitamin A carotenoids
• uptake, transport and metabolism in adult and developing tissues
• mechanisms of action
• health effects
• metabolism and function of carotenoids in plants