Dietary intervention may alter the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system and thereby cancer risk. In a qualitative review, eleven of twenty studies showed a link between one or more carotenoids, vegetable or fruit intake and the IGF system, however, with partly contrary findings, such that no firm conclusion can be drawn. Therefore, we evaluated associations between serum carotenoid concentra...

Carotenoids have drawn considerable interest, due to their role in preventing cardiovascular disease. In a large prospective study of female nurses, a 26% and 20% lower risk of coronary artery disease was observed among the subjects in the higher quintile of β-carotene and α-carotene intake over a 12 year, follow-up period, respectively, compared with those in the lower quintile (Osganian et al...

The pink or red ketocarotenoids, canthaxanthin and astaxanthin, are used as feed additives in the poultry and aquaculture industries as a source of egg yolk and flesh pigmentation, as farmed animals do not have access to the carotenoid sources of their wild counterparts. Because soybean is already an important component in animal feed, production of these carotenoids in soybean could be a cost-...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect addition fungal solid-state fer-mented product (FP) enriched with gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) and β-carotene feed on haematological immunological parameters broiler chickens. Eighty 1-day-old COBB 500 chickens were divided into two groups. control group fed basic diets experimental received 10% FP, while amount diet reduced. FP produced during ...

This study was performed to investigate the effect of beta carotene-vitamin E and hCG treatments alone or a combination both on fertility in estrus syncronized Awassi ewe lambs. A total 103 lambs were divided into four groups before study. Lambs treated with progesterone sponge for 12 days, PGF2α two days removal, 600 IU PMSG removal day 150 mating. The control group (n: 25) did not receive any...

The grafting of fruits and vegetables influences fruit quality. The aim of the present work was to assess the effect of the rootstock and the scion on the antioxidant activity and the content in vitamin C, total phenols, lycopene and β-carotene of bell pepper. The cultivars Fascinato and Jeanette were used as scion and Terrano was used as rootstock. Four harvests in the production cycle of the ...

BACKGROUND Plasmid expression is a popular method in studies of MVA pathway for isoprenoid production in Escherichia coli. However, heterologous gene expression with plasmid is often not stable and might burden growth of host cells, decreases cell mass and product yield. In this study, MVA pathway was divided into three modules, and two heterologous modules were integrated into the E. coli chro...

We have examined the concentration of β-carotene in the fat of isolated abdominal subcutaneous adipocytes obtained from lean (BMI<23 kg/m²), non-obese with higher BMI (23≤BMI<28 kg/m²), obese (BMI≥28 kg/m²), and from a group of obese subjects with type 2 diabetes. The concentration of β-carotene was 50% lower in the adipocytes from the obese and obese/diabetic groups compared with the lean and ...

Empirical prediction models that weight food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) food items by their relation to nutrient biomarker concentrations may estimate nutrient exposure better than nutrient intakes derived from food composition databases. Carotenoids may especially benefit because contributing foods vary in bioavailability and assessment validity. Our objective was to develop empirical predi...