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carotene
carotene
carotene A member of a class of
carotenoid pigments. Examples are β-carotene and lycopene, which colour carrot roots and ripe tomato fruits respectively. α- and β-carotene yield vitamin A when they are broken down during animal digestion; β-carotene has
antioxidant properties.
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Carotene Oxygenases: A New Family of Double Bond Cleavage Enzymes1
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT [beta],[beta]-carotene 15,15'-monooxygensae ([beta...reported in literature. New clones of the carotene metabolizing enzyme have emerged, all...CMOOX cleaves [beta],[beta]-carotene to retinal in an in vitro activity assay...
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What carotenes can do for you.
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 11/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...that even beta carotene, perhaps the best known of the carotenes, doesn't...were low in carotenes and other carotenoids...low in beta carotene. They followed...suggest that low-carotene regimens may...but not all - carotenes can protect...
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Chylomicron (beta-carotene) and retinyl palimitate responses are dramatically diminished when men ingest (beta-carotene) with medium-chain rather than long-chain triglycerides
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Chylomicron beta-Carotene and Retinyl Palmitate Responses Are...Dramatically Diminished When Men Ingest beta-Carotene with Medium-Chain Rather than Long...The effect of the ingestion of beta-carotene with medium-chain triglycerides...
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(Beta)-carotene alters the morphology of NCI-H69 small cell lung cancer cells
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Cancer-Research Communication beta-Carotene Alters the Morphology of NCI-H69 Small...Cells1 ABSTRACT The effect of beta-carotene on the morphology of NCI-H69 small...cancer cells that had undergone beta-carotene-induced growth reduction (P <...
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Beta-carotene proves disappointing, maybe risky: fruits and vegetables still reign.
Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition; 3/1/1996; 700+ words
; ...large study out of Finland found beta-carotene supplements offered no protection from...000 male physicians were given beta-carotene (50 milligrams every other day) for...surprise to the Harvard researchers, beta-carotene was of no benefit. But neither did it...
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(Beta-carotene), carotenoids and the prevention of coronary heart disease
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Studies of Serum or Adipose Beta-Carotene Levels. in general, epidemiologic...between serum or adipose Beta-carotene levels and cardiovascular disease...the studies, either Beta-carotene or total carotenes (including the alpha, Beta...
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Beta-carotene: fluke or fate? (prevention of vascular events, such as heart attack or stroke; interpreting data from the Physicians Health Study)
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter; 3/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...prevent heart attacks and 50 mg of beta-carotene could prevent cancer in 22,000 male...percent. After six years, the beta-carotene component is still in progress. But...heart attacks): The ones taking beta-carotene had only half as many vascular events...
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Dietary (beta-carotene) stimulates cell-mediated and humoral immune response in dogs
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT The role of beta-carotene on immune response in domestic dogs...were fed 0, 2, 20 or 50 mg beta-carotene/d; blood was sampled at wk 0...assessed at wk 0, 3 and 7. beta-Carotene supplementation increased plasma...
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Beta-carotene--a team player
Magazine article from: Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness; 8/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; Keep beta-carotene on your nutritional team, despite some...Compelling evidence indicates that beta-carotene works better with other nutrients than...loaded with carotenoids like beta-carotene, alphacarotene, lutein, cryptoxanthin...
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Beta carotene prove 'no magic bullet.' (National Cancer Institute research indicates that beta carotene provides no protection against heart disease or cancer)(Science News of the Week)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 1/27/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...has sobering news for devotees of beta carotene. The dietary supplement doesn't prevent...participants who had been taking beta carotene and vitamin A for at least 4 years had...compared to those taking a placebo. "Beta carotene is no magic bullet-far from it...
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Beta Carotene
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...D. bardawil . Naturalbeta carotene supplements are derived primarily from D. salina . Beta carotene is one of the major dietary...active of approximately 800 carotenes and more than 1,000 carotenoids...In the human body, beta carotene is found in lipids and in...
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Beta-Carotene
Book article from: Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
Beta-Carotene Beta-carotene is the most active of the deeply colored pigments called carotenoids . After consumption, beta-carotene converts to retinol, a readily usable form of vitamin A. Beta...
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carotene
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
...x3B3;‐carotene, which are also used...considerable number of other carotenes, most of which are...precursors of vitamin A. Carotene is mostly converted...countries, comes from carotene. In addition to their...precursors of vitamin A, carotenes are antioxidant nutrients...
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beta‐carotene
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
beta‐carotene ( β‐carotene ) See carotene .
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beta-carotene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
beta-carotene see carotene ; antioxidant ; Vitamin A under vitamin .
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