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Genes involved in carotene synthesis and mating in Blakeslea trispora [PDF]

, 2008
Mating of Blakeslea trispora and other molds of the order Mucorales requires the interaction of mycelia of opposite sex, (+) and (-), leading to the development of specialized structures and to an enhanced accumulation of beta-carotene.
Berg, J.A., van den, Cerda-Olmedo, E., Kuzina, V., Ooyen, A.J.J., van, Ramirez-Medina, H., Visser, H.   +5 more
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A foundation for provitamin A biofortification of maize: genome-wide association and genomic prediction models of carotenoid levels. [PDF]

, 2014
Efforts are underway for development of crops with improved levels of provitamin A carotenoids to help combat dietary vitamin A deficiency. As a global staple crop with considerable variation in kernel carotenoid composition, maize (Zea mays L.) could ...
Buckler, Edward S, Buell, C Robin, Cepela, Jason, DellaPenna, Dean, Diepenbrock, Christine H, Gore, Michael A, Kandianis, Catherine B, Kim, Eunha, Lipka, Alexander E, Magallanes-Lundback, Maria, Mateos-Hernandez, Maria, Owens, Brenda F, Rocheford, Torbert, Tiede, Tyler   +13 more
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Beta-Carotene and Disease Prevention

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology, 1992
Cancer and cardiovascular disease are still the number one and two killer diseases in most developed countries. There is justified hope that beta-carotene will be proven efficacious in the prevention and/or delaying of the onset of these chronic diseases.
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Effects of Lactic Acid Fermentation on the Retention of Β-Carotene Content in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes

International Journal of Food Studies, 2014
This study aimed to establish the effects of lactic fermentation on the levels of β-carotene in selected  orange fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) varieties from Kenya.  Furthermore,it sought to demonstrate fermentation as a potential process ...
Benard O. Oloo, A. A. Shitandi, S. Mahungu, J. B. Malinga, Rose B. Ogata   +4 more
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The effects of beta-carotene and vitamin E on erythrocytes lipid peroxidation in beta-thalassemia patients

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2007
<strong>BACKGROUND</strong>: Thalassemia is the most common hereditary disease in the world. Thalassemic erythrocytes are exposed to higher oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation.
Soleiman Mahjoub, Ahmad Tamaddoni, Maseoud Zanjanchi Nikoo, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia   +3 more
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Advances in microencapsulation of β-carotene: innovating traditional and emerging materials and techniques for enhanced functional properties

Food Materials Research
Encapsulation of beta-carotene, a widely recognized antioxidant, and provitamin A compound, has garnered significant interest due to its susceptibility to degradation in various food matrices and during processing.
Floirendo P. Flores
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Maximizing beta-carotene production from Dunaliella salina using different concentrations of ferrous sulfate and potassium nitrate under in situ and induced cultivation conditions

Future Foods
Natural beta-carotene, a valuable antioxidant and food additive, is conventionally derived from vegetables and microalgae such as Dunaliella salina (D. salina).
Han–Yang Yeh, Po-Yen Yu, Meng–Chou Lee, Congo Tak Shing Ching, Fan-Hua Nan, Chao-Ling Yao, Yung-Kai Lin   +6 more
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OBTENCIÓN DE BETACAROTENO A PARTIR DEL CAMOTE TOQUECITA (IPOMOEA BATATA)

Revista Centro Azúcar, 2023
Introduction: Beta-carotene is a carotenoid present in fruits, and vegetables; it is a precursor of vitamin A. The sweet potato variety "Toquecita" with orange flesh from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de Portoviejo, Ecuador ...
Cinthia Moreira Buenaventura, Andrea Muñoz García, Francisco Sánchez Plaza, Wilmer Hernán Ponce Saltos, Gabriel Alfonso Burgos Briones   +4 more
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Proton-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) Analysis and DNA-chain Break study in rat hepatocarcinogenesis: A possible chemopreventive role by combined supplementation of vanadium and beta-carotene

Cancer Cell International, 2005
Combined effect of vanadium and beta-carotene on rat liver DNA-chain break and Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analysis was studied during a necrogenic dose (200 mg/kg of body weight) of Diethyl Nitrosamine (DENA) induced rat liver carcinogenesis ...
Kanjilal NB, Doloi Manika, Vijayan V, Kulkarni Indira, Mukherjee Sutapa, Chattopadhyay Mitali, Chatterjee Malay   +6 more
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Effect of beta-carotene on photohemolysis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 1973
Abstract i not available.
G, Swanbeck, G, Wennersten
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