Rich golden rice containing beta-carotene is known to be transformed into vitamin A in the human body. Golden rice is effective for improving vitamin deficiencies such as poor communities.
Thus research in the Department of Pharmacy University of Baylor and Tufts, in his article that appeared in the latest issue of the column the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Golden rice developed in the early 1990s with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation which aims to create rice that contains beta carotene, a precursor of vitamin A in rice grains. Recent data indicates that the Golden Rice contains 35 micrograms of beta carotene in each gram.
"We found that four units of beta carotene in Golden Rice will be converted into one unit of vitamin A in the human body," said Dr. Michael Grusak, professor of pediatrics associations Children Nutrition Research Center USDA / ARS at Texas Children's Hospital and BCM as reported from medicalnewstoday, Saturday (07/25/2009).
It is known after testing by feeding five healthy adults over a number of specific products labeled Golden Rice. In the test are then measured the amount of retinolnya, which is a form of vitamin A in the blood.
Vitamin A deficiency is common in some parts of the world where poor communities depend on rice as their staple food source. People who lack vitamin may be experiencing vision problems can even cause blindness.
"By entering into vitamin A in the staple food consumed by the public, we can make it more accessible to the general public in the area," said Grusak.
Further research is still necessary before the Golden Rice available commercially. The next step of the research to put technology into the rice grains are found in various regions and continue the conversion rate to human testing.
Thus research in the Department of Pharmacy University of Baylor and Tufts, in his article that appeared in the latest issue of the column the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Golden rice developed in the early 1990s with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation which aims to create rice that contains beta carotene, a precursor of vitamin A in rice grains. Recent data indicates that the Golden Rice contains 35 micrograms of beta carotene in each gram.
"We found that four units of beta carotene in Golden Rice will be converted into one unit of vitamin A in the human body," said Dr. Michael Grusak, professor of pediatrics associations Children Nutrition Research Center USDA / ARS at Texas Children's Hospital and BCM as reported from medicalnewstoday, Saturday (07/25/2009).
It is known after testing by feeding five healthy adults over a number of specific products labeled Golden Rice. In the test are then measured the amount of retinolnya, which is a form of vitamin A in the blood.
Vitamin A deficiency is common in some parts of the world where poor communities depend on rice as their staple food source. People who lack vitamin may be experiencing vision problems can even cause blindness.
"By entering into vitamin A in the staple food consumed by the public, we can make it more accessible to the general public in the area," said Grusak.
Further research is still necessary before the Golden Rice available commercially. The next step of the research to put technology into the rice grains are found in various regions and continue the conversion rate to human testing.
