β-caroten {90000285} Record Keys Parent:[ ] Definition:β-caroten Queue:[ ] Details Initialisation date:[ ] Specification: [ ]Source: [ ] Meta Information Structural Type:[ ] Functional Type:[ ] Function:[ ] Notes: [ ]Shared Reference Notes [1.1] - #Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) results in intestinal inflammation, increased redox stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, imbalanced inflammatory and immunomodulatory cytokines, compromised barrier function, and perturbations of the gut microbiome. - #Dietary β-carotene also modified the taxonomic profile of the fecal microbiome, but only under VAD.References Notes[ ]