Carotenoids : Properties, Effects and Diseases.

Intro -- CAROTENOIDS: PROPERTIES,EFFECTS AND DISEASES -- CAROTENOIDS: PROPERTIES, EFFECTS AND DISEASES -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF CAROTENOIDS IN SOLUTION, IN MODEL, AND IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND CONFIGURATION OFHIGHER PLANTS CAROTENOIDS -- 3. PRINCIPLES OF RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY -- 4. RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTRA OF CAROTENOIDS -- 5. RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OFCAROTENOIDS IN SOLUTION -- 6. RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF CAROTENOIDSIN MODEL SYSTEMS -- 7. RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF CAROTENOIDS INHIHGER PLANT PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS -- 7.1. Light-Harvesting Antenna Complex of Photosystem II -- 7.2. Photosystem I -- 7.3. Photosystem II -- 7.4. Thylakoid Membranes, Isolated Chloroplasts and Whole Leaves -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: APPLICABILITY OF THE MEASUREMENT OF VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPIC DATA AND COLOUR IN THE ANALYSIS OF FOOD CAROTENOIDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: CAROTENOIDS. FAR MORE THAN MERE PIGMENTS -- WHY ARE CAROTENOIDS COLOURED? -- WHAT IS COLOUR? -- IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- VISUAL ANALYSIS OF COLOUR -- INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS OF COLOUR -- ADVANTAGES OF THE OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT OF COLOUR -- POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PIGMENTS IN FOODS -- RELATIONSHIPS COLOUR-CAROTENOIDS -- Carotenoid Structures and their Relation with their Visible Spectra andColour -- Relationships Carotenoid Structure-visible Spectrum -- Relationships Carotenoid Structure-colour -- Effects of Chemical Changes in Carotenoids on the Colour of Model Systems andFoods -- Estimation of Carotenoid Contents from Absorbance/Reflectance Readingsat Definite Wavelenghts and Colour Parameters -- Classical Spectrophotometric Determination of Carotenoids.

Correlation of Carotenoid Levels with Colour Parameters in Different Foods -- Using Colour Parameters to Estimate Potential Activities of Carotenoids -- Weight of Individual Carotenoids in the Colour of Foods -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: CAROTENOIDS FROM MICROALGAE AND CYANOBATERIA: FEATURES, PRODUCTION AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNCTION AND CELLULAR LOCATION OF CAROTENOIDS -- APPLICATION OF MAJOR CAROTENOIDS -- Food Uses -- Health Uses -- Major Producers of Carotenoids -- Major Advantages of Carotenoid Bioproduction by Microalgae -- Optimization of Carotenoid Production by Microalgae -- Lutein -- Asthaxanthin -- β-Carotene -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: CAROTENOIDS IN AQUATIC RESOURCES: OCCURRENCE, RECOVERY, APPLICATION AND BIOFUNCTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CAROTENOIDS IN AQUATIC BIOTA -- Carotenoids in Fin Fish -- Carotenoids in Crustaceans -- Carotenoids in other Aquatic Animals -- Carotenoids in Algae -- Carotenoids in Microorganisms -- APPLICATION OF CAROTENOIDS IN AQUACULTURE -- EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON CAROTENOIDS IN AQUATIC PRODUCTS -- RECOVERY OF CAROTENOIDS FROM CRUSTACEAN WASTE -- BIOFUNCTIONS OF CAROTENOIDS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: EXTRACT OF CAROTENOIDS FROM FOOD PROCESSING BY-PRODUCTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BY-PRODUCTS AS CAROTENOID SOURCES -- Tomato Processing and Packaging -- Seafood (Crustacean) Industries -- Processing of Fruits and Vegetables -- Mango -- Carrot -- CAROTENOID EXTRACTION FROM BIOWASTES -- Physical and Mechanical Extraction Methods -- Chemical Extraction Methods -- Supercritical Fluid Extraction -- Enzymatic Extraction Methods -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) APOCAROTENOIDS: A REVIEW OF THEIR BIOMOLECULAR FEATURES AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY PERSPECTIVES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

CAROTENOIDS AS PRECURSORS:A SHORT OVERVIEW ONTHE MOST COMMON PLANT APOCAROTENOIDS -- SAFFRON - REDISCOVERING OF AN ANCIENT SPICEORIGIN, DISTRIBUTION AND GENETIC TRAITS -- General Issues -- Origin and Distribution -- Genetic Traits -- THE SECONDARY METABOLISM OF SAFFRON -- SAFFRON APOCAROTENOIDS -- Structures and Occurrence -- Analysis and Determination of Saffron Apocarotenoids -- BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY -- BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- Not only a Spice: The Uncertain Future of Saffron -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7: ROLE OF PLANT BASED NATURAL CAROTENOIDS ON FEEDING, GROWTH AND COLOURATION OF FISH: A CASE STUDY -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Experimental Procedures -- Results and Discussion -- References -- Chapter 8: CAROTENOIDS AND HEALTH SIGNALLING IN ANIMALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EVOLUTION OF ORNAMENTAL SIGNALLING OFINDIVIDUAL'S HEALTH -- CAROTENOID-BASED PIGMENTATION OF ORNAMENTAL TRAITS -- CHEMICAL CAUSES OF CAROTENOID-BASED COLOURATION -- INFORMATION ON HEALTH AND DISEASE INCAROTENOID-BASED ORNAMENTAL SIGNALS -- CAROTENOID AVAILABILITY FOR ORNAMENTAL TISSUES -- CAROTENOIDS AND ENHANCEMENT OF IMMUNE RESPONSIVENESS -- ORNAMENTATION AND THE ANTIOXIDATIVE FUNCTIONOF CAROTENOIDS -- CAROTENOIDS AND TESTOSTERONE:THE OXIDATION HANDICAP HYPOTHESIS -- RED HERRING IN THE CAROTENOID-BASED ORNAMENTATION RESEARCH? -- CAROTENOID MAINTENANCE HANDICAP -- CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: MARINE CAROTENOIDS: PECULIAR STRUCTURE, ATYPICAL CHEMICAL BEHAIVIOR, BUT POTENTIAL APPLICATION IN HUMAN HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- RESOURCES FROM MARINE ENVIRONMENT -- CAROTENOIDS -- Biosynthesis, Chemical Structure, and Physicochemical Properties -- Marine Carotenoids -- Biological Features -- Antioxidant Properties -- Benefits for Human Health -- PERSPECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Acknowledgments.

REFERENCES -- Chapter 10: CAROTENOID AND BONE HOMEOSTASIS: ROLE IN OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CELLULAR REGULATION OF BONE HOMEOSTASIS -- CAROTENOIDS AND BONE HOMEOSTASIS -- LYCOPENE AND BONE HOMEOSTASIS -- VITAMIN A AND BONE HOMEOSTASIS -- β-CRYPTOXANTHIN AND BONE HOMEOSTASIS -- β-Cryptoxanthin Stimulates Bone Formation and Inhibits Bone Resorptionin Tissue Culture -- β-Cryptoxanthin Stimulates Gene Expression in Osteoblastic Cells -- β-Cryptoxanthin Suppresses Osteoclastogenesis and Osteoclastic CellFunction -- β-Cryptoxanthin Inhibits Osteoclastogenesis -- β-Cryptoxanthin Stimulates Apoptsis and Suppresses on Osteoclastic Cell Function -- Anabolic Effect of β-Cryptoxanthin on Bone Is Synergistically Enhanced byZinc -- Combination of β-cryptoxanthin and Zinc Has a Synergistic Effect in Bone Tissues inVitro -- Effect of β-cryptoxanthin in Osteoblastic Cells Is Enhanced by Zinc -- Effect of β-cryptoxanthin in Osteoclastic Cells Is Synergistically Enhanced by Zinc -- Anabolic Effect of β-cryptoxanthin on Bone Is Enhanced by Zinc in Vivo -- Preventive Effect of β-Cryptoxanthin on Bone Loss -- β-Cryptoxanthin Has an Anabolic Effect on Bone in Young and Aged Rats -- β-Cryptoxanthin Prevents Bone Loss Induced in Diabetic Rats -- β-Cryptoxanthin Prevents Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Rats -- Intake of Dietary β-Cryptoxanthin Has a Preventive Effect in MenopausalWomen -- Effect of β-cryptoxanthin Intake in Healthy Human Subjects -- Effect of β-cryptoxanthin Intake in Menopausal Women -- β-CRYPTOXANTHIN AND BONE HEALTH:EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE -- DIETARY TOTAL CAROTENOIDS AND OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11: PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA IS INVOLVED IN THE INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF CAROTENOIDS ON CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

THE INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF CAROTENOIDS ONCANCER CELL PROLIFERATION -- Effects of Carotenoids on Cancer Cell Growth -- Effects of Carotenoids on K562 Cell Cycle -- Effects of Carotenoids on K562 and MCF-7 Cell Apoptosis -- Attenuation of Carotenoid-inhibited Cancer Cell Proliferation by GW9662, A PotentAntagonist of PPARγ -- Up-Regulation of PPARγ Expression by Carotenoids -- Up-Regulation of p21 and Nrf2, but Down-Regulation Cyclin D1 GeneExpression by Carotenoids -- β-Carotene Increased Intracellular ROS and Induced Cytochrome C Releasein MCF-7 Cells -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF ASTAXANTHIN IN HUMAN DISEASES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF ASTAXANTHIN -- POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF ASTAXANTHIN INDIFFERENT HUMAN DISEASES -- Anticancer Activity -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Diabetes -- Eye Disease -- Inflammation-Related Clinical Conditions -- Neurodegenerative Diseases -- Liver Function -- Skin Disease -- Infertility -- CONCLUSIONS -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13: BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN: A VITAMIN A-FORMING CAROTENOID -- ABSTRACT -- STRUCTURE OF BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN -- SYNTHESIS IN PLANT -- EFFECTS OF COOKING ON CX CONTENT -- DIETARY INTAKE OF CX -- CX Bioaccessibility from Foods -- CX METABOLISM -- CX Absorption -- Storage and Excretion -- CONCENTRATION OF CX IN HUMANS -- Concentrations in Blood -- Concentrations in Breast Milk -- FUNCTIONS OF CX -- Forming Vitamin A -- Genetic Regulation -- Antioxidant Activity -- Eye Health -- Cell Communication -- Immunology -- Cancer Prevention -- Bone Health -- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Coronary Vascular Disease -- Anemia -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14: SOURCES AND HEALTH EFFECTS BASED ON EVIDENCES OF CAROTENOIDS IN SOME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

HEALTH EFFECTS OF PLANT CAROTENOIDS BASED ON EVIDENCES.

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