Genome‐wide association study of carotenoids in maize kernel
The Plant GenomePlain Language Summary In this study, the contents of four carotenoids in 244 maize inbred lines were detected and about three million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for genome‐wide association study to preliminarily analyze the genetic mechanism
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Exploring the Optical Properties of Carotenoid-Based Nanoparticles: The Role of Terminal Groups
MoleculesCarotenoids are increasingly used as naturally occurring food colorants. For application as beverage colorants, fat-soluble carotenoids are formulated into dispersion systems via nanoparticle (NP) formation. In recent years, the antioxidant properties of
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Ab initio geometry and bright excitation of carotenoids: Quantum Monte Carlo and Many Body Green's Function Theory calculations on peridinin [PDF]
J. Chem. Theory Comput., vol 10, 501-506 (2014), 2014 In this letter we report the singlet ground state structure of the full carotenoid peridinin by means of variational Monte Carlo (VMC) calculations. The VMC relaxed geometry has an average bond length alternation of 0.1165(10) {\AA}, larger than the values obtained by DFT (PBE, B3LYP and CAM-B3LYP) and shorter than that calculated at the Hartree-Fock ...
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The carotenoids of the petals of two species of Tecoma [PDF]
, 1954 Mahmoud M. Taha
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Singlet Fission in Carotenoid Dimers -- The Role of the Exchange and Dipolar Interactions [PDF]
arXivA theory of singlet fission in carotenoid dimers is presented which aims to explain the mechanism behind the creation of two uncorrelated triplets. Following the initial photoexcitation of a carotenoid chain to a "bright" $n^1B_u^+$ state, there is ultrafast internal conversion to the intrachain "dark" $1^1B_u^-$ triplet-pair state.
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Further studies on the metabolism by rats of intravenously administered aqueous dispersions of carotenoid pigments [PDF]
, 1956 W. A. McGillivray +2 more
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Pigment composition of the bright skin in the poison toad, Melanophryniscus rubriventris (Anura: Bufonidae) from Argentina [PDF]
, 2017 The determination of the basis of skin colour is important to better understand the evolutionary and ecological relevance of colour variation in aposematic species.
Bonansea, Maria Ines +2 more
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Nutritional Importance of Carotenoids and Their Effect on Liver Health: A Review
Antioxidants, 2019 The consumption of carotenoids has beneficial effects on health, reducing the risk of certain forms of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and macular degeneration, among others.
Laura Inés Elvira-Torales +2 more
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Absorption Spectra of Astaxanthin Aggregates [PDF]
arXiv, 2012 Carotenoids in hydrated polar solvents form aggregates characterized by dramatic changes in their absorption spectra with respect to monomers. Here we analyze absorption spectra of aggregates of the carotenoid astaxanthin in hydrated dimethylsulfoxide.
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ON THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF CAROTENOIDS [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1954 C. O. Chichester +2 more
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