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Carotenoids. --- Carotinoids --- Chromolipids --- Lipochromes --- Luteins --- Pigments (Biology) --- Terpenes

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Carotenoiden --- Carotenoides --- Carotenoids --- Carotinoids --- Chromolipids --- Lipochromes --- Luteins --- Caroténoïdes --- CAROTENOIDS --- SEPARATION --- ANTIOXIDANTS --- OXYGEN --- REACTIONS

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Carotenoids are one of the most widespread pigment groups distributed in nature; more than 700 natural carotenoids have been described so far. These pigments are known for versatile roles they play in living organisms; however, their most pivotal function is involvement in scavenging of reactive oxygen species and photoprotection. In the same time, carotenoids as natural pigments with important biological activities, such as antioxidant and provitamin A activity, have a great potential in the food, feed and pharmaceutical industries. They can be either extracted from plants and algae or synthesized by various microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, filamentous fungi and microalgae.

Carotenoids. --- Carotinoids --- Chromolipids --- Lipochromes --- Luteins --- Pigments (Biology) --- Terpenes --- Life Sciences --- Genetics and Molecular Biology --- Chemical Biology --- Biochemistry --- Bioorganic Chemistry

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Biochemical markers --- Carotenoids --- Diagenesis --- Organic geochemistry --- Sulphur compounds --- Chemicals --- Chemistry, Organic --- Geochemistry --- Sedimentology --- Carotinoids --- Chromolipids --- Lipochromes --- Luteins --- Pigments (Biology) --- Terpenes --- Biologic markers --- Biological markers --- Biomarkers --- Markers, Biochemical --- Biochemistry --- Indicators (Biology) --- Sulfur compounds

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This comprehensive, edited book explores carotenoids and their important functional roles in yeast, bacteria and plants and a profound exposition on the structures of carotenoid molecules, focusing in the first of three parts on the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in photosynthesis as well as in plant, fruits, storage roots and algae is central to the second part, and discoveries about the function of carotenoids in human health feature in the third and final part. Many helpful illustrations, explanations, overviews and examples help to bring readers up to date on relevant themes including carotenogenic genes, carotenoids in fruits and metabolic engineering. The book explores where carotenoids are synthesized in nature, including in carrots and algae. Contributing expert authors examine enzyme functions and plant models, and analyze the structure of carotenoid molecules. The function of carotenoids in photosynthesis and in photosynthetic organs as well as during fruit ripening are then explored. A whole chapter is dedicated to the latest research on apocarotenoids and further chapters cover interesting and novel themes on plastid development and the epigenetic regulation that affects carotenoid synthesis in plants. The metabolic engineering of carotenoids that has been done in fruits, plants, and seeds is another area that readers can explore, along with evidences on the function of carotenoids in human nutrition, as antioxidants, as in the control of lipid metabolism and in the absorption of carotenoids. This is a highly informative and wide-ranging work which will update researchers in the field, as well as supporting students of plant physiology and biotechnology, as supplementary reading.

Life sciences. --- Food --- Proteins. --- Life Sciences. --- Protein Science. --- Food Science. --- Biotechnology. --- Carotenoids. --- Carotinoids --- Chromolipids --- Lipochromes --- Luteins --- Pigments (Biology) --- Terpenes --- Biochemistry. --- Food science. --- Science --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Composition --- Proteins . --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Proteids --- Biomolecules --- Polypeptides --- Proteomics