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Unusual vitamin E profile in the oil of a wild African oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) enhances oxidative stability of provitamin A [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionThe African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is the predominant oil crop in the world. In addition to triacylglycerols, crude palm oil (CPO) extracted from the mesocarp of the fruits, contains high amounts of provitamin A (carotenes) and ...
Philipp Gutbrod +10 more
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Antioxidants, 2022 Nowadays, sweet potato (Ipomoea batata L.; Lam.) is considered a very interesting nutritive food because it is rich in complex carbohydrates, but as a tubercle, contains high amounts of health-promoting secondary metabolites. The aim of this review is to
Emily P. Laveriano-Santos +7 more
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Effect of Agroecological Conditions on Biologically Active Compounds and Metabolome in Carrot
Cells, 2021 Carrot serves as a source of health-beneficial phytochemicals for human diet whose content is affected by agroecological conditions. The effect of conventional, integrated and organic farming on ascorbic acid (AA) and α,β-carotene levels of new carrot ...
Martin Koudela +5 more
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Butia: physical, nutritional and antioxidant properties of red, orange and yellow fruits
Agrociencia Uruguay, 2022 The fruit of the butia palm [Butia odorata (Barb. Rodr.) Noblick] has cultural and economic value for the inhabitants of the protected landscape area in Los Palmares de Rocha, Uruguay. Determining the physicochemical and nutritional quality of the fruits
Fernanda Isabel Zaccari Veiga +2 more
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Carotenoids from Cyanobacteria: Biotechnological Potential and Optimization Strategies
Biomolecules, 2021 Carotenoids are tetraterpenoids molecules present in all photosynthetic organisms, responsible for better light-harvesting and energy dissipation in photosynthesis.
Fernando Pagels +2 more
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Red Tomato Products as an Alternative to Reduce Synthetic Dyes in the Food Industry: A Review
Molecules, 2021 Most dyes used in the food industry are synthetic and can be a health hazard. Red tomato may serve as a natural alternative dye to replace synthetic colorants.
Tiago Alves Castro +8 more
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Photosynthesis without β-carotene
eLife, 2020 Carotenoids are essential in oxygenic photosynthesis: they stabilize the pigment–protein complexes, are active in harvesting sunlight and in photoprotection. In plants, they are present as carotenes and their oxygenated derivatives, xanthophylls.
Pengqi Xu +8 more
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Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции, 2023 Cucurbits are among the most valuable vegetable crops widely used for food all over the world, being an important source of carotenoids and carotenes, biologically active substances with antioxidant and other types of activity.
T. M. Piskunova +3 more
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Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2018 This study was aimed at comparing the stability of carotenes (α- and β-carotene) in oil solutions with their stability when spray-dried encapsulation is applied. The carotenes were isolated from carrot. A storage test was subsequently performed.
Przybysz Marzena Anna +4 more
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Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, 2016 Palm oil mill effluent (POME) was characterized. The effluent had low nitrogen with high Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). 6,500 mg/L of oil (78 % of oil recovery) was recovered from 1 L of POME using n-hexane. 70 and 71 %
Kanokphorn SANGKHARAK +3 more
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