Problem statement: Some vegetable oils contains natural antioxidants such as beta carotene and vitamin E namely tocopherol and tocotrienol. Different vegetable oils contained different amount of vitamin E and β-carotene. Approach: Study was carried out to investigate the natural antioxidants (vitamin E and beta carotene) composition in four different vegetable oils [Red Palm Olein (RPO), palm p...

BACKGROUND Although interventional trials demonstrated that moderate-dose β-carotene supplementation increases lung cancer mortality in smokers and asbestos-exposed workers, differences in serum concentrations in absence of supplementation have not been studied in asbestos-exposed workers. METHODS A mortality analysis was performed to assess the relationship of nonsupplemented serum β-caroten...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the anticancer and immunity activity of β-carotene in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) rats. Three days after transplantation, forty Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups, each group consisting of 10 animals. These groups were control group (untreated), low-dose β-carotene-treated group (20 mg/kg), middle-dose group (40 mg/kg) and high-...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Kale is a rich source of provitamin A- β-carotene. This study used intrinsically labeled kale [2H9] β-carotene to determine the effect of peanut butter on the bioconversion of kale β-carotene to vitamin A in preschool children. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Preschool children (n=37; age 12-36 mo) were randomly assigned to 50 g cooked kale (1.5 mg β-carotene content) with ...

Human serum contains many different antioxidants which may be important in the maintenance of antioxidant status. β-carotene and lycopene are carotenoids with potent antioxidant activity. Carotenoids intake probably protects against cancers and may affect the risk of several chronic conditions. α-tocopherol is well known for its function as antioxidant and in reduction of heart disease and canc...

a new isolated strain of sporobolomyces ruberrimus h110 was cultivated  on technical glycerol as carbon source and effect of different temperatures and ph on the growth and pigmentation was studied. the maximum concentration of total carotenoid was 3.84 mgg-1 including torularhodin (3.70 mgg-1) and β-carotene (0.14 mgg-1) using 19ºc at ph 6, but the highest amount of the maximum specific growth...

carotenoids are red, orange and yellow pigments, which are widely distributed in fruit and vegetables. the aim of this research is to investigate the effect of conventional, high pressure and microwave cooking on the concentrations of β-carotene in carrot and sweet corn. raw carrots were washed, peeled and diced to a uniform size and then frozen at -70°c. sweet corn was also provided in a simil...

The Bulgarian orange-fruited mutant cultivar Oranzheva kapiya is characterized with a high content of the antioxidant β-carotene. To identify the mutation leading to the accumulation of β-carotene and develop a suitable molecular marker for this trait, the genes for geranyl-geranyl pyrophosphate synthase, capsanthin-capsorubin synthase and β-carotene hydroxylase were studied both in the mutant ...

The red yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is an established platform for the synthesis of carotenoids. It was used for the generation of novel multi oxygenated carotenoid structures. This was achieved by a combinatorial approach starting with the selection of a β-carotene accumulating mutant, stepwise pathway engineering by integration of three microbial genes into the genome and finally the ...

Mortality of neonates continues to be a major problem in humans and animals. IgA provides protection against microbial antigens at mucosal surfaces. Although β-carotene supplementation has been expected to enhance retinoic acid-mediated immune response in neonates, the exact mechanism by which β-carotene enhances IgA production is still unclear. We investigated the effect of supplemental β-caro...