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Extraction of carrot (Daucus carota L.) carotenes under different conditions
Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2008 This paper describes carotenes extraction from carrot under different conditions involving different temperatures, treatment of samples, and solvents (ethanol, 2-propanol). Carrot roots (Daucus carota L. cv.
Martina Fikselová +3 more
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Free Radical Mediated Oxidative Degradation of Carotenes and Xanthophylls
Molecules, 2020 This article reviews the excited-state quenching, pro-vitamin A activity and anticarcinogenicity of carotenes and xanthophylls in relation to their chemical structures.
Raphael C. Mordi +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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Food Research International, 2019 This work compared the mechanisms of adsorption of carotenes from hybrid palm oil onto two kinds of bleaching earths widely used by industrial refiners (acid-activated and neutral).
E. S. Almeida +6 more
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Brown algae are ubiquitously distributed in the NW coastline of the Iberian Peninsula, where they stand as an underexploited resource. In this study, five solvents were applied to the extraction of pigments from nine brown algae, followed by their ...
Pascual Garcia-Perez +8 more
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Carotenoids in Cancer Metastasis—Status Quo and Outlook
Biomolecules, 2020 Metastasis represents a major obstacle in cancer treatment and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Therefore, the identification of compounds targeting the multi-step and complex process of metastasis could improve outcomes in the management of ...
Lenka Koklesova +13 more
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Antioxidants, 2019 Carotenoids include C30, C40 and C50 terpenoid-based molecules, many of which constitute coloured pigments. However, >1100 of these are known to occur in nature and only about a dozen are known to play a role in our daily diet.
Torsten Bohn
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Grasas y Aceites, 2023 This work aims to screen the extraction of oil and bioactive compounds including carotenes and tocochromanols from oil palm fruit with subcritical propane and without using a cosolvent.
H. Phan-Tai, G. Brunner
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Increase of 4-Hydroxybenzoic, a Bioactive Phenolic Compound, after an Organic Intervention Diet
Antioxidants, 2019 Consumption of organic products is increasing yearly due to perceived health-promoting qualities. Several studies have shown higher amounts of phytochemicals such as polyphenols and carotenoids in foods produced by this type of agriculture than in ...
Sara Hurtado-Barroso +5 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2017 Carotenoids are organic lipophilic yellow to orange and reddish pigments of terpenoid nature that are usually composed of eight isoprene units. This group of secondary metabolites includes carotenes and xanthophylls, which can be naturally obtained from ...
Jose L. Barredo +3 more
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