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All Beta-Carotene study protocols

Beta-Carotene, Selenium, Vitamin C and Vitamin E: study protocols

7 study groups took Beta-Carotene together with Selenium, Vitamin C and Vitamin E. These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

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Dose per serving from research: Beta-Carotene

7 study groups in 7 studies say how much Beta-Carotene participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 5 mg to 10 mg, 100% of 7 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
5 mg to 10 mg
7

Dose per serving from research: Selenium

5 study groups in 5 studies say how much Selenium participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 50 mcg to 100 mcg, 100% of 5 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
50 mcg to 100 mcg
5

Dose per serving from research: Vitamin C

7 study groups in 7 studies say how much Vitamin C participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 100 mg to 250 mg, 100% of 7 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
100 mg to 250 mg
7

Dose per serving from research: Vitamin E

7 study groups in 7 studies say how much Vitamin E participants took a day.

These are the doses the studies gave. They are not a recommendation.

Most common: 25 mg to 50 mg, 71% of 7 study groups.

Daily doseStudy groups
10 mg to 25 mg
2
25 mg to 50 mg
5

Commonly used together

7 of 7 study groups took Beta-Carotene, Selenium, Vitamin C and Vitamin E with something else. Shown: what 3 or more different studies gave.

What was given together, not what works together.

Taken withStudy groups
Zinc
7

7 study groups

Study
The SU.VI.MAX Study: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the health effects of antioxidant vitamins and minerals
2004 · antioxidant supplement group · French women aged 35–60 and men aged 45–60 in the general population
6 mg100 mcg120 mg30 mg2739 days—
Antioxidant status and risk of cancer in the SU.VI.MAX study: is the effect of supplementation dependent on baseline levels?
2005 · daily antioxidant supplementation · French adults: women aged 35–60 years and men aged 45–60 years
6 mg100 mcg120 mg30 mg2739 days—
Antioxidant supplementation increases the risk of skin cancers in women but not in men
2007 · antioxidant group · French adult women and men in a general-population primary-prevention trial
6 mg—120 mg30 mg2738 days—
Effect of two years' supplementation with natural antioxidants on vitamin and trace element status biomarkers: preliminary data of the SU.VI.MAX study
2001 · Antioxidant supplementation group · Women aged 35–60 years and men aged 45–60 years in France, general population
6 mg100 mcg120 mg30 mg2 years—
Effect of 6 month supplementation with different combinations of an association of antioxidant nutrients on biochemical parameters and markers of the antioxidant defence system in the elderly. The Geriatrie/Min.Vit.Aox Network
1996 · VT (vitamins associated with trace elements) · Elderly nursing-home residents aged 65–103 years who were long-term hospitalized
6 mg100 mcg120 mg15 mg26 weeks—
Effects of trace element and/or vitamin supplementation on vitamin and mineral status, free radical metabolism and immunological markers in elderly long term-hospitalized subjects. Geriatric Network MIN. VIT. AOX
1997 · trace elements associated with vitamins · Institutionalized elderly subjects in long-term hospital or nursing-home care
6 mg—120 mg15 mg1 year—
Effects of supplementation with a combination of antioxidant vitamins and trace elements, at nutritional doses, on biochemical indicators and markers of the antioxidant system in adult subjects
1998 · supplementation group · Adult men aged 45–60 years and women aged 35–60 years
6 mg100 mcg120 mg30 mg26 weeks—