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Metabolic Engineering of Model Microorganisms for the Production of Xanthophyll [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Xanthophyll is an oxidated version of carotenoid. It presents significant value to the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries due to its specific antioxidant activity and variety of colors.
Dehu Liu, Huakang Peng, Gangqiang Li
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Dietary xanthophyll improved growth, antioxidant, pigmentation and meat quality in the southern catfish (Silurus soldatovi meridionalis Chen) [PDF]
Animal Nutrition, 2023 Xanthophyll has multiple physiological functions to improve the quality of farmed animals. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of xanthophyll on the growth performance, antioxidation, immunity, pigmentation and meat quality of southern ...
Kangsen Mai, Fei Song
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Absorption and Metabolism of Xanthophylls [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2011 Dietary carotenoids, especially xanthophylls, have attracted significant attention because of their characteristic biological activities, including anti-allergic, anti-cancer, and anti-obese actions.
Eiichi Kotake-Nara, Akihiko Nagao
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Lipid Dependence of Xanthophyll Cycling in Higher Plants and Algae
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 The xanthophyll cycles of higher plants and algae represent an important photoprotection mechanism. Two main xanthophyll cycles are known, the violaxanthin cycle of higher plants, green and brown algae and the diadinoxanthin cycle of Bacillariophyceae ...
Reimund Goss +2 more
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Effects of different types of xanthophyll extracted from marigold on pigmentation of yellow-feathered chickens [PDF]
Animal Bioscience, 2023 Objective This study aimed to explore the effects of different types of xanthophyll extracted from marigold on the growth performance, skin color, and carcass pigmentation.
Yu Wei +4 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 Lutein and zeaxanthin are two similar carotenoids of the xanthophyll subgroup. Carotenoids are synthesized almost entirely by plants but are also present in significant amounts in animals. They are essential components of the lipid matrix of biomembranes,
Krzysztof Makuch +3 more
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Antioxidants, 2022 Vitamins C and E and zeaxanthin are components of a supplement tested in a large clinical trial—Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2)—and it has been demonstrated that they can inhibit the progression of age-related macular degeneration.
Małgorzata B. Różanowska +2 more
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Photosynthetica, 2021 We examined light quality-dependent regulation of photoprotection and antioxidant properties in rice seedlings. Seedlings grown under red or green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) showed declines in quantum yield of electron transport through PSII, maximum ...
L.H. TRAN, D.G. LEE, S. JUNG
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Antioxidants, 2022 Recent randomized controlled trials have demonstrated a protective association between carotenoids and inflammation; however, the basis of this association on lifestyle factors remains unclear.
Mieko Nakamura, Minoru Sugiura
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UV Radiation Induces Specific Changes in the Carotenoid Profile of Arabidopsis thaliana
Biomolecules, 2022 UV-B and UV-A radiation are natural components of solar radiation that can cause plant stress, as well as induce a range of acclimatory responses mediated by photoreceptors.
Uthman O. Badmus +5 more
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