Investigation of the vitamins A and E and β-carotene content in milk from UK organic and conventional dairy farms

2007 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A Ellis ◽  
Ana Monteiro ◽  
Giles T Innocent ◽  
Dai Grove-White ◽  
Peter Cripps ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Production Level ◽  
Carotene Content ◽  
Vitamin Content ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Β Carotene

During a 12-month longitudinal study, bulk-tank milk was collected from organic (n=17) and conventional (n=19) dairy farms in the UK. Milk samples were analysed for vitamin A (retinol), vitamin E (α-tocopherol) and β-carotene content. The farming system type, herd production level and nutritional factors affecting the milk fat vitamin content were investigated by use of mixed model analyses. Conventionally produced milk fat had a higher mean content of vitamin A than organically produced milk fat, although there were no significant differences in the vitamin E or β-carotene contents between the two types of milk fat. Apart from farming system, other key factors that affected milk fat vitamin content were season, herd yield and concentrate feeding level. Milk vitamin content increased in the summer months and in association with increased concentrate feeding, whilst higher-yielding herds had a lower milk vitamin E and β-carotene content. Thus, conventional dairy farms in the UK produced milk with a higher vitamin A content, possibly owing to increased vitamin A supplementation in concentrate feeds. However, knowledge of the effects of season, access to fresh grazing or specific silage types and herd production level may also be used by all producers and processors to enhance the vitamin content in milk.

scholarly journals Effects of gamma-irradiation on the vitamin content of diets for laboratory animals

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie E. Coates ◽  
J. E. Ford ◽  
Margaret E. Gregory ◽  
S. Y. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Folic Acid ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Gamma Irradiation ◽  
Laboratory Animals ◽  
Vitamin Content ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Β Carotene ◽  
Chick Diet

Practical-type diets for chicks, guinea-pigs and cats, and a chick diet of purified ingredients, were assayed for their vitamin content before and after gamma-irradiation at doses ranging from 2 to 5 Mrad. Irradiation of guinea-pig and chick diets resulted in small losses of vitamin A (in this investigation, 6 and 12 per cent respectively). Losses of vitamin E were larger (24 and 65 per cent) but were much less (11 per cent) when the diets were vacuum-packed before irradiation. Vitamins were less stable in the purified chick diets, the most susceptible being vitamins A, E, B6 and thiamine. Vitamin destruction was greatly increased when antioxidants were incorporated into this diet, and also when its moisture content was high. Vitamin A and β-carotene were almost completely destroyed in the cat diet, where there was also some loss of thiamine and folic acid.

scholarly journals Vitamin A and E Homologues Impacting the Fate of Acrylamide in Equimolar Asparagine-Glucose Model System

Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 993
Author(s):  
Su Lee Kuek ◽  
Azmil Haizam Ahmad Tarmizi ◽  
Raznim Arni Abd Razak ◽  
Selamat Jinap ◽  
Maimunah Sanny
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Linear Regression Model ◽  
Model System ◽  
Concentration Increase ◽  
Acrylamide Formation ◽  
Β Carotene

This study aims to evaluate the influence of Vitamin A and E homologues toward acrylamide in equimolar asparagine-glucose model system. Vitamin A homologue as β-carotene (BC) and five Vitamin E homologues, i.e., α-tocopherol (AT), δ-tocopherol (DT), α-tocotrienol (ATT), γ-tocotrienol (GTT), and δ-tocotrienol (DTT), were tested at different concentrations (1 and 10 µmol) and subjected to heating at 160 °C for 20 min before acrylamide quantification. At lower concentrations (1 µmol; 431, 403, 411 ppm, respectively), AT, DT, and GTT significantly increase acrylamide. Except for DT, enhancing concentration to 10 µmol (5370, 4310, 4250, 3970, and 4110 ppm, respectively) caused significant acrylamide formation. From linear regression model, acrylamide concentration demonstrated significant depreciation over concentration increase in AT (Beta = −83.0, R2 = 0.652, p ≤ 0.05) and DT (Beta = −71.6, R2 = 0.930, p ≤ 0.05). This study indicates that different Vitamin A and E homologue concentrations could determine their functionality either as antioxidants or pro-oxidants.

A study on the vitamin A activity of carotene in green fodder

1946 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Ray Sarkar ◽  
K. C. Sen
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Relative Efficiency ◽  
Chemical Method ◽  
Plant Tissues ◽  
Carotene Content ◽  
A Value ◽  
Green Fodder ◽  
Biological Tests ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Β Carotene

1. With the object of determining the vitamin A value of carotene in different green fodders, an investigation has been undertaken to study (i) the relation between the chemically determined carotene and its biological activity as compared with that of standard carotene, (ii) the purity of apparent carotene from different sources, (iii) absorption of carotene in rats, and (iv) the relative efficiency of the standard carotene and preformed vitamin A.2. Biological tests have shown that the chemical method of assay is a fair index of the true carotene content in green fodders, and carotene in the form of an extract is quite as effective in the system as that present in the plant tissues. β-Carotene appears to be predominant in these materials.

The effect of feeding high levels of fish oil and additional vitamin E on intake, milk yield, composition and fatty acid content in high yielding dairy cows

1998 ◽  
Vol 1998 ◽  
pp. 221-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Mansbridge ◽  
J S Blake ◽  
C Collins
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Vitamin E ◽  
Fish Oil ◽  
Acid Content ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Fatty Acid Content ◽  
Epa And Dha ◽  
Oily Fish ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Effect Of Feeding

The COMA report on The Nutritional Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease (1994) recommended that the intake of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), by the UK population should double. EPA and DHA in the human diet are derived principally from oily fish. The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of increasing levels of fish oil in the diet at two levels of vitamin E supplementation, on intake, milk production, the extent of uptake of EPA and DHA into milk fat at levels exceeding those investigated to date, and the effect of a dietary supplement of vitamin E on fatty acid content.

scholarly journals Evaluation of an FFQ for assessment of antioxidant intake using plasma biomarkers in an ethnically diverse population

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2438-2447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison M Hodge ◽  
Julie A Simpson ◽  
Masha Fridman ◽  
Kevin Rowley ◽  
Dallas R English ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Dietary Vitamin ◽  
Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study ◽  
Plasma Retinol ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Plasma Antioxidant ◽  
Β Carotene

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate FFQ estimates of dietary intake of individual antioxidants, fruit and vegetables in comparison to plasma concentrations of each antioxidant, and to determine which individual foods are associated with plasma antioxidant concentrations.DesignDietary (α-carotene, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lutein/zeaxanthin, lycopene, retinol, and vitamin E) intakes over 12 months were estimated from a 121-item FFQ. Correlation coefficients, corrected for within-person variability in diet and plasma antioxidants, were used to examine associations between antioxidant concentrations in diet and plasma.SettingMelbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS).SubjectsMen and women (n3110) who were randomly selected from the MCCS. Participants were aged 36–72 years and were born in Australia, Greece, Italy or the UK.ResultsCorrelation coefficients for the carotenoids ranged from 0·28 for lycopene to 0·46 for β-cryptoxanthin. There was no association between dietary and plasma retinol or dietary vitamin E with plasma α- and γ-tocopherol. Individual plasma carotenoid concentrations were associated with intakes of fruit and vegetables.ConclusionsOur data suggest that the FFQ provides useful information on intakes of each of the carotenoids: α-carotene, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene and lutein/zeaxanthin. There was no association between diet and plasma markers of retinol or vitamin E; this may reflect the importance of factors other than intake in modifying circulating levels of these nutrients.

734. Factors influencing the vitamin content of milk fat: VIII. The influence of various factors on the utilization of carotene

1958 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. McGillivray ◽  
S. Y. Thompson ◽  
N. A. Worker
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
High Dose ◽  
High Dose Level ◽  
Carotene Content ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Extract Fraction ◽  
The University

1. The influence of a number of factors on the utilization of carotene by rats has been investigated. A high dose level equivalent to that derived from pasture by cows has been employed and liver storage of vitamin A has been used as a measure of the efficiency of carotene utilization.2. Utilization was influenced by level of carotene intake, by concentration of carotene in the oil used as vehicle, by the degree of unsaturation of the vehicle and by the presence of non-digestible wax.3. Carotene was better utilized from the rye grass and ‘low cyanide’ white clover than from ‘high cyanide’ clover, but added cyanide had little or no effect on the uptake of carotene from cyanide-free pasture or from a solution in oil.4. In so far as the results of the investigation can be applied to cows grazing typical New Zealand dairy pasture, it seems that factors which may throw some light on the poor utilization of carotene at certain times of the year are (a) small day-to-day variation in the carotene content of the pasture, (b) variations in the ‘ether extract’ fraction of the pasture, and (c) variations in the degree of hydrogenation of the fat in the rumen.5. Insulin and adrenalin appear to have no influence on the levels of vitamin A alcohol in the blood plasma of rats.The results of this investigation form a section of a thesis submitted by one of us (N.A.W.) in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Ph.D. of the University of New Zealand. The authors are indebted to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for a Grant towards this investigation and to Miss Fay Frecklington for technical assistance; one of us (S. Y. T.) is indebted to the Royal Society, the Nuffield Foundation, and the Board of the Dairy Research Institute (N.Z.) for a travelling fellowship during the tenure of which the work reported here was carried out.

Copper status in rats fed diets supplemented with either vitamin E, vitamin A, or β-carotene

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerrit J. van den Berg ◽  
Arnoldina G. Lemmens ◽  
Anton C. Beynen
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin E ◽  
Vitamin A ◽  
Copper Status ◽  
Β Carotene

216. The effect of churning on the vitamin A and carotene content of milk fat

1939 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. M. Henry ◽  
S. K. Kon ◽  
A. E. Gillam ◽  
P. White
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Carotene Content ◽  
Lovibond Tintometer ◽  
Butter Fat ◽  
Ether Extraction

The vitamin A and carotene content of 14 samples of butter fat churned from milk in the usual way has been compared in spectrophotometric and Lovibond tintometer tests with figures similarly obtained for the ether-extracted fat from the same milks. On the assumption that there is no loss of either carotene or vitamin A in the course of the ether extraction, it has been found that some carotene is lost in churning but that vitamin A is not appreciably affected.

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