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Understanding/unravelling carotenoid excited singlet states. [PDF]
, 2018 Carotenoids are essential light-harvesting pigments in natural photosynthesis. They absorb in the blue–green region of the solar spectrum and transfer the absorbed energy to (bacterio-)chlorophylls, and thus expand the wavelength range of light that is ...
Alastair T. Gardiner +16 more
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Marine Carotenoids: Biological Functions and Commercial Applications
Marine Drugs, 2011 Carotenoids are the most common pigments in nature and are synthesized by all photosynthetic organisms and fungi. Carotenoids are considered key molecules for life.
José M. Vega +5 more
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Optimization and multiple in vitro activity potentials of carotenoids from marine Kocuria sp. RAM1
Scientific Reports, 2022 Marine pigmented bacteria are a promising natural source of carotenoids. Kocuria sp. RAM1 was isolated from the Red Sea Bohadschia graeffei collected from Marsa Alam, Egypt, and used for carotenoids production.
Rasha A. Metwally +4 more
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Structures and functions of carotenoids bound to reaction centers from purple photosynthetic bacteria [PDF]
, 2006 The photoprotective function of 15,15'-cis-carotenoids bound to the photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) of purple bacteria has been studied using carotenoids reconstituted into carotenoidless RCs from Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain R26.1.
Cogdell, R.J. +10 more
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Properties of Carotenoids in Fish Fitness: A Review
Marine Drugs, 2020 Carotenoids, one of the most common types of natural pigments, can influence the colors of living organisms. More than 750 kinds of carotenoids have been identified. Generally, carotenoids occur in organisms at low levels.
Toshiki Nakano, Geert Wiegertjes
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Biotechnology Reports, 2019 Carotenoids are isoprenoid pigments used by pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food and feed industry as antioxidants and colorants. Although traditional sources of carotenoids are fruits, vegetables and chemical synthesis, prospecting for alternative sinks of ...
Eugenia Vila +4 more
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Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022 Carotenoids are a kind of fat-soluble natural pigments widely found in fruits and vegetables, having a variety of functional properties. Generally, the bioavailability of carotenoids in fruits and vegetables is low, and different processing methods will ...
Jinyan YANG +5 more
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Use of carotenoids in feed mixtures for poultry: a review
Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2018 Carotenoids are present in ingredients of feed for poultry. Their content can be further increased by supplementation of feed mixtures with synthetic or natural carotenoids.
Marounek Milan, Pebriansyah Akhir
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Carotenoids in fish. XL. Carotenoids in fish from the Falklands region [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 1986 The authors studied, by means of column and thin layer chromatography, the occurrence of various carotenoids in 8 fish species caught off Falkland Islands (Dissostichus eleginoides, Genypterus blacodes, Macruronus magellanicus, Micromesistlus australis ...
B. Czeczuga, B. Kłyszejko
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Two stage process of microalgae cultivation for starch and carotenoid production [PDF]
, 2016 Biotechnological processes based on microalgae cultivation are promising for several industrial applications. Microalgae are photoautotrophic microorganisms and can thus grow by using renewable and inexpensive resources as sunlight, inorganic salts ...
Altimari, Pietro +6 more
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