Erick Boy

Effect of Provitamin A-biofortified Cassava on Vitamin A Status of Kenyan Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Elise F. Talsma, Inge D. Brouwer, Hans Verhoef, Alice M. Mwangi, Erick Boy, Busie B. Maziya-Dixon, Michael B. Zimmermann & Alida Melse-Boonstra · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: To measure the effect of daily consumption of provitamin A-biofortified cassava on vitamin A status in children aged 5-13 years. Methods: Mild-to-moderate vitamin A deficient children (n=342) were randomly allocated to groups receiving: 1) 375 g of white cassava and p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21116

Evaluation of Zinc Bioavailability in Humans from Foliar Zinc Biofortified Wheat and from Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Zn Labels in Biofortified Wheat

Coralie Signorell, Diego Moretti, Christophe Zeder, Fabian Tay, Erick Boy, Neelam Khetarpaul, Ismail Cakmak & Michael Zimmermann · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Zinc biofortification may be a sustainable way to improve Zn status, but questions remain on Zn bioavailability. We produced a novel biofortified wheat by Zn foliar application, and a separate wheat cultivar was intrinsically labeled with a Zn stable isotope. Goals we...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21133