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Carotenoids and their isomers: color pigments in fruits and vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables are colorful pigment-containing food sources. Owing to their nutritional benefits and phytochemicals, they are considered as 'functional food ingredients'. Carotenoids are some of the most vital colored phytochemicals, occurring as all-trans and cis-isomers, and accounting for the brilliant colors of a variety of fruits and vegetables. Carotenoids extensively studied in th...
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Plant carotenoids are red, orange, and yellow lipid-soluble pigments found embedded in the membranes of chloroplasts and chromoplasts. Their color is masked by chlorophyll in photosynthetic tissues, but in late stages of plant development these pigments contribute to the bright colors of many flowers and fruits and the carrot root. Carotenoids protect photosynthetic organisms against potentiall...
متن کاملCarotenoids as food colourants.
INTRODUCTION Carotenoids are one of the most important groups of natural pigments. It has been estimated that nature produces about 100 million tons of these pigments per year. They give brilliant yellow and red colours to many fruits, vegetables, roots, flowers and autumn leaves; they produce the colour of the egg yolk, of many algae, yeasts and mushrooms, Crustaceae as well as of the feathers...
متن کاملThe effects of Marigold as natural carotenoids on scale chromatophores’ variations in blue gourami under different stocking densities
Skin coloration is important in ornamental fish. Fish coloration is due to the presence of chromatophores, which contain pigments and are usually located in dermis. In this study, the effects Marigold as natural carotenoids was investigated on fish scale chromatophores’ variations under different stocking densities. For this, diet containing 2.5% Mari...
متن کاملevaluation of carotenoids and chlorophyll as natural resources for food in spirulina microalgae
microalgae can produce various natural products such as pigments, enzymes, unique fatty acids and vitamins that benefit humans. the objective of the study was evaluation of carotenoids (beta carotene, zeathanthin, lutein, lycopene and astaxanthin) and chlorophyll a in spirulina microalgae. spirulina powder has been produced by jordan’s method in iran. carotenoids were extracted from spirulina p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Natural Medicines
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1340-3443,1861-0293
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-019-01364-x