References

Links

http://www.roche.com/vitamins/what/general/bc.html  
General information about beta-carotene

http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/vitamins.html#a
More about vitamin A

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/vitamins/pages/carotene.html
Picture of beta-carotene under the microscope

http://www.nobel.se/chemistry/laureates/1937/karrer-bio.html
Paul Karrer and his Nobel prize for work in carotenoids

http://webmd.lycos.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_546187
Beta-carotene and arthritis

http://www.tnp.com/article.asp?ID=244
Beta-carotene and cystic fibrosis

http://www.roche.com
F. Hoffman-La Roche & Co. Ltd home page

http://www.basf.com
Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik home page

http://www.arttoday.com
Provided many of the images on these pages

http://www.mdli.com or http://www.mdli.co.uk
To download the Chime plug-in

Literature

Coultate, T.P.   Food - The Chemistry of Its Components, 3rd Edition.  Royal Society of Chemistry, 1996.

Carotenoids (ed. Otto Isler).  Birkhauser Verlag, 1971.

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