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Carotenoid

Carotenoids are biologically active pigments. Found in bird eggs, carotenoids are shown to prevent the oxidation of immunoglobulin g.


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fiber disease a HEALTH TREND?

... for use by humans et al. United States Patent Application 20020168703 Hoshino, Tatsuo; et al. November 14, 2002 Process for the manufacture of carotenoids and biologically useful materials thereof Abstract A process is provided for producing a carotenoid, which process includes cultivating ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Thu Aug 30, 2007 1:51 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: fiber disease a HEALTH TREND?
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Structure of a chromoplast?

... as fruit and floral petals, to which they give their distinctive colors. This is always associated with a massive increase in the accumulation of carotenoid pigments. The conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts in ripening tomato fruit is a classic example. Search in google as chromoplast+structure ...

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by dipjyoti
Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:43 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Structure of a chromoplast?
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Pigment Concentrations

What about this? :? Biochem J. 1937 April; 31(4): 532–534. Eloxanthin—a new carotenoid pigment from the pondweed Elodea canadensis Donald Hey The Chemistry Department, University of Manchester Click HERE to get the PDF ;)

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by Dr.Stein
Sat Dec 09, 2006 11:58 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Pigment Concentrations
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The Fiber Disease

... oxygen species generation by the respiratory electron transport chain. PTOX is a plastoquinol oxidase in plants and some algae. It is required in carotenoid biosynthesis and may represent the elusive oxidase in chlororespiration. Recently, prokaryotic orthologues of bothAOX and PTOX proteins have ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:50 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Strange Range!!!

... has been developed for this measurement. On the other hand, algae that live in deep water, where there simply is no light, use their little carotenoid pigment called phycoeritrine, and carry out quite an efficient photosynthesis in blue and green light: adaptation to the environment. About ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:00 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Strange Range!!!
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