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It is thus important to identify local \/ popular plants with higher vitamin A content for combating VAD. Banana (including plantains) is an important staple food crop in this region. The identification and promotion of vitamin A\u2010rich banana cultivars could contribute significantly to the alleviation of VAD in areas heavily dependent on the crop. We assessed pro\u2010vitamin A carotenoid (pVACs) content in the fruit pulp of 48 local plantains from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to identify cultivars that could help reduce VAD, especially among young children and women of reproductive age.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Mean pVACs content varied from 175\u20131756\u2009\u03bcg\/100 gfw in ripe fruits. Significant increases (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u20090.001) in total pVACs content occurred after ripening in all cultivars except \u2018UCG II\u2019. Retinol activity equivalents (RAE) in ripe fruits ranged from 12\u2013113\u2009\u03bcg\/100 gfw. Fifteen plantain cultivars, including \u2018Adili II\u2019, \u2018Nzirabahima\u2019, \u2018Mayayi\u2019, \u2018Buembe\u2019, and \u2018Sanza Tatu\u2019 (associated with RAE values of 44\u2009\u03bcg\/100 gfw and above) can be considered as good sources of pVACs. Modest consumption (250 or 500 gfw) of the fruit pulp of the five best plantain cultivars at ripening stage 5 meets between 39\u201371% and 44\u201381% of vitamin A dietary reference intake (DRI) respectively, for children below 5\u2009years old and women of reproductive age.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title><jats:p>The 15 best plantain cultivars (especially the top 5) could potentially be introduced \/ promoted as alternative sources of pro\u2010vitamin A in banana\u2010dependent communities, and help to reduce cases of VAD substantially. \u00a9 2019 The Authors. <jats:italic>Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture<\/jats:italic> published by John Wiley &amp; Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jsfa.10058","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,8]],"date-time":"2019-10-08T01:03:11Z","timestamp":1570496591000},"page":"634-647","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Pro\u2010vitamin A carotenoid content of 48 plantain (<i>Musa<\/i> AAB genome) cultivars sourced from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"100","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3857-964X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guy","family":"Blomme","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Productive and Resilient Farms, Forests and Landscapes, Bioversity International  Addis Ababa Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Walter","family":"Ocimati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Productive and Resilient Farms, Forests and Landscapes, Bioversity International  Kampala Uganda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Deborah","family":"Nabuuma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Productive and Resilient Farms, Forests and Landscapes, Bioversity International  Kampala Uganda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Charles","family":"Sivirihauma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universite Catholique du Graben  Butembo Democratic Republic of Congo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mark","family":"Davey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"BASF Agricultural Solutions Belgium NV  Gent Belgium"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Buah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Banana programme, National Agricultural Research Organization National Agricultural Research Laboratories Institute  Kampala Uganda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Inge","family":"Van den Bergh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Productive and Resilient Farms, Forests and Landscapes, Bioversity International  Heverlee Belgium"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lusenge","family":"Vutseme","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universite Catholique du Graben  Butembo Democratic Republic of Congo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liliane","family":"Bahati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Productive and Resilient Farms, Forests and Landscapes, Bioversity International  Bukavu South Kivu Democratic Republic of Congo"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Beatrice","family":"Ekesa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Productive and Resilient Farms, Forests and Landscapes, Bioversity International  Kampala Uganda"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.44.7.648"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/138.10.1835"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/131.3.705"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/136.8.2255"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization (WHO) Global Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency in Populations at Risk 1995\u20132005: WHO Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency. 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