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Self-Reported Dietary Carotenoid Intake and Skin Carotenoid Score Status in a Geographically Diverse U.S. Sample. [PDF]

Nutrients
Background: The reflection spectroscopy (RS)-based skin carotenoid score (SCS) has been validated to assess carotenoid intake. However, associations between the SCS and individual dietary carotenoid species have been inconsistently reported in the ...
Hasnin S, Sisson SB, Jilcott Pitts S, Dvorak JD, Swindle TM, Casperson SL, Braun A, Baldwin J, Lynn E, Stage VC.   +9 more
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Skin Carotenoid Score as a Potential Early Biomarker of Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Adolescents. [PDF]

Nutrients
Background/Objectives: The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents represents a major global health concern. Adolescent weight gain frequently shows additional metabolic risk factors, including insulin resistance, hypertension, and
Augimeri G, Gelsomino L, Germanò M, Tripepi G, Bonofiglio D, Bonofiglio R.   +5 more
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Fruit, vegetable and dietary carotenoid intakes explain variation in skin-color in young caucasian women : a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by a scholarship top-up grant from HMRI. Kristine Pezdirc is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Awards scholarship. Melinda Hutchesson is supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship (100177) from the National Heart Foundation of ...
Hutchesson, Melinda J., Hutchesson, Melinda J, Perrett, David, Whitehead, Ross, Clare Collins, Gozde Ozakinci, Ross Whitehead, Collins, Clare E., David Perrett, Melinda Hutchesson, Pezdirc, Kristine, Kristine Pezdirc, Collins, Clare E, Ozakinci, Gozde   +13 more
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Carotenoid biosynthesis and overproduction in Corynebacterium glutamicum [PDF]

, 2012
Heider S, Peters-Wendisch P, Wendisch VF. Carotenoid biosynthesis and overproduction in Corynebacterium glutamicum. BMC Microbiology. 2012;12(1): 198.Background Corynebacterium glutamicum contains the glycosylated C50 carotenoid decaprenoxanthin as ...
Sabine A E Heider, Wendisch, Volker F. ; https://orcid.org/, Volker F Wendisch, Petra Peters-Wendisch, Peters-Wendisch, Petra, Heider, Sabine   +5 more
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Carotenoid content of pandanus fruit cultivars and other foods of the Republic of Kiribati [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Kiribati, a remote atoll island country of the Pacific, has serious problems of vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Thus, it is important to identify locally grown acceptable foods that might be promoted to alleviate this problem.
Dolodolotawake, U, Kaiririete, M, Dolodolotawake, U., Rimon, B, Englberger, L., Luta, T., Marks, G., Schierle, J, Fitzgerald, M., Rimon, B., Schierle, J., Fitzgerald, MH, Aalbersberg, W., Kaiririete, M., Humphries, J., Humphries, J, Iuta, T, Aalbersberg, W, Marks, GC, Englberger, L   +19 more
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Fingertip-Measured Skin Carotenoids and Advanced Glycation End Product Levels in Glaucoma

Antioxidants, 2022
Carotenoids have antioxidant properties, and the accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is associated with reactive oxygen species production; they have attracted attention as factors predictive of the onset and progression in glaucoma ...
Yoichi Kadoh, Yuji Takayanagi, Junichi Sasaki, Masaki Tanito   +3 more
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Screening and evaluation of skin potential probiotic from high-altitude Tibetans to repair ultraviolet radiation damage

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Human skin microbes play critical roles in skin health and diseases. Microbes colonizing on the skin of Tibetans living in the high-altitude area for generations may have a stronger ability to resist the harsh environment, such as high ultraviolet ...
Zhihao Zhang, Zhihao Zhang, Haixia Ran, Yutong Hua, Feilong Deng, Feilong Deng, Bo Zeng, Jianmin Chai, Jianmin Chai, Ying Li, Ying Li   +10 more
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SNP-based marker-assisted selection for high provitamin A content in African cassava genetic background

South African Journal of Science, 2023
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) contributes to significant levels of mortality and morbidity, particularly among children and women in Africa. Cassava is a major staple crop whose biofortification with betacarotene can contribute to reducing the VAD ...
Esperance D. Codjia, Bunmi Olasanmi, Chike E. Ugoji, Ismail Y. Rabbi   +3 more
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Cloning and characterisation of a maize carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (ZmCCD1) and its involvement in the biosynthesis of apocarotenoids with various roles in mutualistic and parasitic interactions [PDF]

, 2008
Colonisation of maize roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi leads to the accumulation of apocarotenoids (cyclohexenone and mycorradicin derivatives).
Ming, Z., Verstappen, F.W.A., Bisseling, T., Bouwmeester, H.J., Walter, M.H., van Echteld, E., Beekwilder, M.J., Echteld, E., van, Hans, J., Sun, Z., Matusova, R., Strack, D.   +11 more
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The Impact of Formulation on Lutein, Zeaxanthin, and meso-Zeaxanthin Bioavailability: A Randomised Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study

Antioxidants, 2020
Lutein (L), zeaxanthin (Z), and meso-zeaxanthin (MZ) have been the focus of research and commercial interest for their applications in human health. Research into formulations to enhance their bioavailability is merited.
Marina Green-Gomez, Alfonso Prado-Cabrero, Rachel Moran, Tommy Power, Laura G. Gómez-Mascaraque, Jim Stack, John M. Nolan   +6 more
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