Kerfeld, Cheryl A Sutter, Markus
Cyanobacteria uniquely contain a primitive water-soluble carotenoprotein, the orange carotenoid protein (OCP). Nearly all extant cyanobacterial genomes contain genes for the OCP or its homologs, implying an evolutionary constraint for cyanobacteria to conserve its function. Genes encoding the OCP and its two constituent structural domains, the N-te...
Liu, Helen W Urzica, Eugen I Gallaher, Sean D Schmollinger, Stefan Blaby-Haas, Crysten E Iwai, Masakazu Merchant, Sabeeha S
Low iron (Fe) bioavailability can limit the biosynthesis of Fe-containing proteins, which are especially abundant in photosynthetic organisms, thus negatively affecting global primary productivity. Understanding cellular coping mechanisms under Fe limitation is therefore of great interest. We surveyed the temporal responses of Chlamydomonas (Chlamy...
Vancoillie, Flore; 140127; Verkempinck, Sarah H.E.; 99445; Hendrickx, Marc E.; 10015; Van Loey, Ann M.; Grauwet, Tara; 52922;
Brassica oleracea and Allium vegetables are known for their unique, family specific, water-soluble phytochemicals, glucosinolates, and S-alk(en)yl-l-cysteine sulfoxides, respectively. However, they are also important delivery systems of several other health-related compounds, such as carotenoids (lipid-soluble phytochemicals), vitamin C (water-solu...
Breniere, Thomas Bournot, Lorrine Sicard, Flavie Astier, Julien Fanciullino, Anne-Laure Riva, Catherine Borel, Patrick Bertin, Nadia Landrier, Jean-François
Several studies have linked the intake of lycopene and/or tomato products with improved metabolic health under obesogenic regime. The aim was to evaluate the differential impact of supplementations with several tomato genotypes differing in carotenoid content and subjected to different irrigation levels on obesity-associated disorders in mice. In t...
Bardinet, Jeanne
Associée à une diversité de symptômes aux répercussions pouvant être fatales, la dépression est une maladie complexe d’origine multifactorielle dont la prévalence est en constante augmentation et particulièrement préoccupante chez les personnes âgées. Les traitements antidépresseurs ne sont pas toujours efficaces et ils sont responsables de nombreu...
Viñas-Ospino, Adriana Rita Jesus, Ana Paiva, Alexandre Esteve, Maria J Frígola, Ana Blesa, Jesús López-Malo, Daniel
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Food chemistry
Orange peels contain a considerable number of bioactive compounds such as carotenoids, that can be used as ingredients in high-value products. The aim of this study was to compare orange peel extracts obtained with different green solvents (vegetable oils, fatty acids, and deep eutectic solvents (DES)). In addition, the chemical characterization of...
Solano, Yasmeen Dang, Kelly Abueg, Jude Kiser, Philip Everett, Michael
The retinal light response in animals originates from the photoisomerization of an opsin-coupled 11-cis-retinaldehyde chromophore. This visual chromophore is enzymatically produced through the action of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases. Vertebrates require two carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases, β-carotene oxygenase 1 and retinal pigment epithelium 6...
LaPorte, Mary-Francis Suwarno, Willy Hannok, Pattama Koide, Akiyoshi Bradbury, Peter Crossa, José Palacios-Rojas, Natalia Diepenbrock, Christine
Vitamin A deficiency remains prevalent on a global scale, including in regions where maize constitutes a high percentage of human diets. One solution for alleviating this deficiency has been to increase grain concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.)-an example of biofortification. The International Maize and Wheat...
Bekkering, Cody Yu, Shu Kuo, Chih Tian, Li
Mutants lacking functional HYD2 homoeologs showed improved seedling growth, but comparable or increased susceptibility to salt stress in tillering plants, suggesting a developmentally restricted role of HYD2 in salt response. Salinity stress threatens global food security by reducing the yield of staple crops such as wheat (Triticum ssp.). Understa...
Yadav, Kushi Saxena, Anjali Gupta, Meenakshi Saha, Biswajit Sarwat, Maryam Rai, Monika Prakash
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Applied biochemistry and biotechnology
Chemical-based carotenoids have large implications to health as they may cause adverse side effects. Naturally occurring carotenoids mainly from microalgal sources are emerging as excellent substitute to combat cancer diseases. Astaxanthin is the most powerful antioxidant that derived from selected established microalgae with limited yield. Microal...