Effects of Black Pepper on the Absorption of Nutrients in Vegetables
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Brief summary
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The objective of this project is to determine the extent to which eating black pepper together with vegetables increase the absorption of carotenoids (a class of important nutrients) in the vegetables such as beta-carotene.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03490955
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 16 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- salad dressing (canola oil) and black pepper Other
- salad dressing (canola oil) Other
- black pepper Other
- salad Other
- Salad dressing (olive oil) and black pepper Other
- Salad dressing (corn oil) and black pepper Other
- Salad dressing (sunflower oil) and black pepper Other
- Salad dressing (flaxseed oil) and black pepper Other
Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 30 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 5, 2018
- Primary completion
- Jun 14, 2019
- Completion
- Nov 29, 2019
- Last update posted
- Apr 29, 2021
2018 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Applied Life Sciences | Amherst | Massachusetts | 01003 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 29, 2021 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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