Carotenoids - Effective Radical Scavengers for Healthy and Beautiful Skin [PDF]
, 2019 Free radicals are involved in various diseases and skin aging. To reduce and prevent this risk, our body produces antioxidants that can neutralize free radicals.
Darvin, Maxim E. +4 more
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Immune enhancement activities of silk lutein extract from Bombyx mori cocoons
Biological Research, 2014 BACKGROUND: Declining immune function poses an important clinical challenge worldwide and supplementation with natural products that possessing immune enhancing properties is a promising approach for preventing or delaying immune function decline ...
Porkaew Promphet +3 more
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Incorporation of Lutein on Layered Double Hydroxide for Improving the Environmental Stability
Molecules, 2020 To overcome the poor stability of natural lutein to environmental factors, layered double hydroxide was incorporated by a green mechanical grinding process.
Shue Li +5 more
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Which circulating antioxidant vitamins are confounded by socioeconomic deprivation? The MIDSPAN family study [PDF]
, 2010 <p><b>Background:</b> Antioxidant vitamins are often described as having “independent” associations with risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality.
Alex McConnachie +35 more
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The Journal of Poultry Science, 2014 The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of two dietary lutein sources such as the commercial lutein and the emulsified crude extract of spinach containing lutein on the transfer of lutein into egg yolks as well as the antioxidant ...
Insurk Jang +7 more
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Attenuation of choroidal neovascularization by dietary intake of ω-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and lutein in mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Dietary ω-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) and lutein each protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We here examined the effects of ω-3 LCPUFAs and lutein supplementation in a mouse model of AMD.
Ryoji Yanai +5 more
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The spatiotemporal expression pattern of the bone morphogenetic protein family in rat ovary cell types during the estrous cycle. [PDF]
, 2003 In the mammalian ovary, great interest in the expression and function of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) family has been recently generated from evidence of their critical role in determining folliculogenesis and female fertility.
Erickson, Gregory F, Shimasaki, Shunichi
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Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity [PDF]
, 2018 While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and negatively influence their responses to infection.
Babayan, Simon A. +2 more
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Lutein accumulates in subcellular membranes of brain regions in adult rhesus macaques: Relationship to DHA oxidation products. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Lutein, a carotenoid with anti-oxidant functions, preferentially accumulates in primate brain and is positively related to cognition in humans. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), is also beneficial for cognition ...
Emily S Mohn +4 more
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 Background Chlorella sorokiniana FZU60 is a promising lutein producing microalga. A mixotrophy/photoautotrophy two-stage strategy can achieve high biomass concentration at stage 1 and high lutein content at stage 2, leading to excellent lutein production
Ruijuan Ma +6 more
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