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Effects of β-carotene on glucose metabolism dysfunction in humans and type 2 diabetic rats
Acta Materia Medica, 2022 Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a common chronic disease that is strongly associated with cardiovascular risk. Long-term high blood glucose levels may induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis, cardiac dysfunction and suppress fetal cardiomyocyte ...
Jianjun Wu +4 more
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Marine Drugs, 2017 Lycopene cyclases cyclize the open ends of acyclic lycopene (ψ,ψ-carotene) into β- or ε-ionone rings in the crucial bifurcation step of carotenoid biosynthesis.
Tian-Jun Cao +5 more
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Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 The unicellular alga Dunaliella salina is regarded as a promising cell factory for the commercial production of β-carotene due to its high yield of carotenoids. However, the underlying mechanism of β-carotene accumulation is still unclear. In this study,
Yimei Xi, Fantao Kong, Zhanyou Chi
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Molecules, 2019 The influence of 11 kinds of oxygen-containing sulfur flavor molecules was examined on β-carotene stability under UVA irradiation in ethanol system. Both the effects of sulfides on dynamic degradation of β-carotene and the relation between structure and ...
Gong-Liang Zhang +5 more
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Common SNP rs6564851 in the BCO1 Gene Affects the Circulating Levels of β-Carotene and the Daily Intake of Carotenoids in Healthy Japanese Women. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The circulating levels of β-carotene are modulated not only by sex, but also by autosomal gene variations and fruit intake. The aim of this study was to investigate the interactions between β-carotene metabolism-related gene single nucleotide ...
Suemi Yabuta +4 more
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Discovery of Several Novel Targets that Enhance β-Carotene Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 β-Carotene is the precursor of vitamin A, and also exhibits multiple pharmaceutical functions by itself. In comparison to chemical synthesis, the production of β-carotene in microbes by metabolic engineering strategy is relatively inexpensive ...
Jia Li +7 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 As a valuable carotenoid, β-carotene is commercially used in food, cosmetics, animal feeds, and other industries. Metabolic engineering of microorganisms has been widely explored to improve the production of β-carotene.
Shan Qiang +20 more
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Beta-Carotene concentration in blood serum of cows from herds with impaired fertility [PDF]
Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica, 2020 β-carotene has many important functions in the body: as a precursor of vitamin A, it works as antioxidant and affects the fertility of cows. This paper presents the results of measurements of the content of β-carotene in the blood serum of cows from ...
Jožica Ježek
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Foods, 2021 Sodium alginate (SA)-pectin (PEC)-whey protein isolate (WPI) complexes were used as an emulsifier to prepare β-carotene emulsions, and the encapsulation efficiency for β-carotene was up to 93.08%.
Haoxin Ye +6 more
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β-Carotene prevents weaning-induced intestinal inflammation by modulating gut microbiota in piglets [PDF]
Animal Bioscience, 2021 Objective Weaning is an important stage in the life of young mammals, which is associated with intestinal inflammation, gut microbiota disorders, and even death.
Ruonan Li +6 more
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