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MICROALGAE – NON-TRADITIONAL SOURCES OF NUTRITIENTS AND PIGMENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL FOODS [PDF]

Journal of Engineering Science (Chişinău), 2020
The aim of this review is to draw the attention of researchers and technological engineers from the Moldovan food industry towards the potential of microalgae as a non-traditional source of nutrients and biological active substances, such as proteins ...
Gurev, Angela, Dragancea, Veronica, Haritonov, Svetlana   +2 more
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Improved production of lutein and β-carotene by thermal and light intensity upshifts in the marine microalga Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 [PDF]

, 2020
The industrial microalga Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 is a promising candidate for aquaculture feed, novel food, cosmeceutical and nutraceutical due to its balanced biochemical profile.
Barreira, Luísa, Duarte, Paulo, Florindo, Claudia, Katkam, Dr. Gangadhar N., Pereira, Hugo, Santos, Tamara, Schulze, Peter S.C., Schüler, Lisa Maylin, Varela, João   +8 more
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Isolation and Characterization of a Yellow Xanthophyll Pigment-Producing Marine Bacterium, Erythrobacter sp. SDW2 Strain, in Coastal Seawater

Marine Drugs, 2022
Xanthophylls, a yellow pigment belonging to the carotenoid family, have attracted much attention for industrial applications due to their versatile nature.
Sun Wook Jeong, Jung Eun Yang, Yong Jun Choi   +2 more
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A foundation for provitamin A biofortification of maize: genome-wide association and genomic prediction models of carotenoid levels. [PDF]

, 2014
Efforts are underway for development of crops with improved levels of provitamin A carotenoids to help combat dietary vitamin A deficiency. As a global staple crop with considerable variation in kernel carotenoid composition, maize (Zea mays L.) could ...
Buckler, Edward S, Buell, C Robin, Cepela, Jason, DellaPenna, Dean, Diepenbrock, Christine H, Gore, Michael A, Kandianis, Catherine B, Kim, Eunha, Lipka, Alexander E, Magallanes-Lundback, Maria, Mateos-Hernandez, Maria, Owens, Brenda F, Rocheford, Torbert, Tiede, Tyler   +13 more
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The Identification and Quantitative Analysis of Unusual Keto-Carotenoids in Ripe Fruits of Maclura tricuspidate and Its Potential as a Valuable Source of Cryptocapsin

Molecules, 2022
Ripe fruits of Maclura tricuspidata (MT) are used as food material and a natural colorant in Korea. Although MT fruits have a deep red color due to carotenoid-like pigments, their chemical nature has not been explored in detail so far.
Jong-Kuk Kim, Dae-Woon Kim, Yoseph Asmelash Gebru, Han-Seok Choi, Young-Hoi Kim, Myung-Kon Kim   +5 more
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Can Xanthophyll-Membrane Interactions Explain Their Selective Presence in the Retina and Brain?

Foods, 2016
Epidemiological studies demonstrate that a high dietary intake of carotenoids may offer protection against age-related macular degeneration, cancer and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases.
Justyna Widomska, Mariusz Zareba, Witold Karol Subczynski   +2 more
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Genome-Wide Association Study and Pathway-Level Analysis of Kernel Color in Maize. [PDF]

, 2019
Rapid development and adoption of biofortified, provitamin A-dense orange maize (Zea mays L.) varieties could be facilitated by a greater understanding of the natural variation underlying kernel color, including as it relates to carotenoid biosynthesis ...
Diepenbrock, Christine H, Gore, Michael A, Mateos-Hernandez, Maria, Mathew, Deepu, Owens, Brenda F, Rocheford, Torbert, Tiede, Tyler, Wu, Di   +7 more
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The Physiological Response of Lettuce to Red and Blue Light Dynamics Over Different Photoperiods

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of dynamic red and blue light parameters on the physiological responses and key metabolites in lettuce and also the subsequent impact of varying light spectra on nutritive value.
Giedrė Samuolienė, Akvilė Viršilė, Jurga Miliauskienė, Perttu J. Haimi, Kristina Laužikė, Aušra Brazaitytė, Pavelas Duchovskis   +6 more
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Absorption and cutaneous deposition of yellow pigment in male and female broilers in response to different levels of xanthophylls from Tagetes erecta

Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2017
To determine the saturation point of absorption and cutaneous deposition of yellow xanthophylls (XA) in broilers, two hundred and sixteen Ross 308 chickens (108 males and 108 females) were sorted by sex and randomly assigned to 6 dietary treatments ...
MA Tepox-Pérez, B Fuente-Martínez, X Hernández-Velasco, M Quiroz-Pesina, E Ávila-González, G Téllez   +5 more
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Overexpression of beta-carotene hydroxylase enhances stress tolerance in Arabidopsis [PDF]

, 2002
Plant stress caused by extreme environmental conditions is already a principal reason for yield reduction in crops. The threat of global environment change makes it increasingly important to generate crop plants that will withstand such conditions ...
Davison, P.A., Horton, P., Hunter, C.N.
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