Supplementation with Red Palm Oil Increases β-Carotene and Vitamin A Blood Levels in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Table 2

Concentrations of -carotene, lycopene, -tocopherol, and vitamin C in buccal mucosa cells of 11 CF patients. Results are given in pmol/µg DNA CFP: CF patient, <DL: below detection limit, n.d.: not detectable.

	-Carotene; pmol/µg DNA		Lycopene; pmol/µg DNA		-Tocopherol; pmol/µg DNA		Vitamin C; pmol/µg DNA
	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
CFP 1	n.d.	0.1	<DL	0.2	22.6	8.8	7.8	12.0
CFP 2	0.1	0.1	n.d.	n.d.	26.9	19.6	20.9	2.8
CFP 3	n.d.	<DL	<DL	n.d.	25.3	36.0	n.d.	n.d.
CFP 4	n.d.	0.1	0.0	0.2	12.2	21.7	9.8	5.0
CFP 5	0.1	0.1	n.d.	n.d.	6.4	5.5	3.7	4.7
CFP 6	0.1	0.3	n.d.	0.1	19.0	11.5	8.7	4.8
CFP 7	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	31.4	47.5	8.3	18.0
CFP 8	0.1	n.d.	0.4	0.5	14.7	14.5	5.4	1.6
CFP 9	<DL	<DL	0.0	0.0	11.6	9.5	8.5	<DL
CFP 10	n.d.	0.2	n.d.	0.0	n.d.	13.1	n.d.	<DL
CFP 11	0.1	n.d.	0.1	n.d.	16.4	7.7	10.0	2.3