Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry
Carotenoids are biosynthesized by bacteria, algae, fungi, and plants, but not by animals, which must obtain them from their food. These compounds are divided into two major classes based on their structural elements; carotenes, constituted by carbon and hydrogen (e.g. b-carotene, a-carotene and l...
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| author | Jaswir, Irwandi Noviendri, Dedi Fitri Hasrini, Reno Octavianti, Fitri |
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| description | Carotenoids are biosynthesized by bacteria, algae, fungi, and plants, but not by animals, which must
obtain them from their food. These compounds are divided into two major classes based on their
structural elements; carotenes, constituted by carbon and hydrogen (e.g. b-carotene, a-carotene and
lycopene), and xanthophylls, constituted by carbon, hydrogen, and additionally oxygen (for example
lutein, b-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin and fucoxanthin). Carotenoids have good effect on
human health, such as pro-vitamin A, antioxidant, anticancer, antiobesity effect and anabolic effect on
bone components. Currently, carotenoids are used commercially as feed additives, animal feed
supplements, natural food colorants, nutrient supplement and, more recently, as nutraceuticals for
cosmetic and pharmaceutical purposes. These compounds can be produced commercially by chemical
synthesis, fermentation or isolation from the small number of abundant natural sources. Furthermore,
commercial production of carotenoids from microorganisms competes mainly with synthetic
manufacture by chemical synthesis. However, most of the commercially used carotenoids (for example
β-carotene, astaxanthin and cantaxanthin) are produced by chemical synthesis. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:171562021-08-01T14:26:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/17156/ Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry Jaswir, Irwandi Noviendri, Dedi Fitri Hasrini, Reno Octavianti, Fitri QD Chemistry Carotenoids are biosynthesized by bacteria, algae, fungi, and plants, but not by animals, which must obtain them from their food. These compounds are divided into two major classes based on their structural elements; carotenes, constituted by carbon and hydrogen (e.g. b-carotene, a-carotene and lycopene), and xanthophylls, constituted by carbon, hydrogen, and additionally oxygen (for example lutein, b-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin and fucoxanthin). Carotenoids have good effect on human health, such as pro-vitamin A, antioxidant, anticancer, antiobesity effect and anabolic effect on bone components. Currently, carotenoids are used commercially as feed additives, animal feed supplements, natural food colorants, nutrient supplement and, more recently, as nutraceuticals for cosmetic and pharmaceutical purposes. These compounds can be produced commercially by chemical synthesis, fermentation or isolation from the small number of abundant natural sources. Furthermore, commercial production of carotenoids from microorganisms competes mainly with synthetic manufacture by chemical synthesis. However, most of the commercially used carotenoids (for example β-carotene, astaxanthin and cantaxanthin) are produced by chemical synthesis. Academic Journals 2011-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/17156/1/Jaswir_et_al-JMPR_2011-carotenoids.pdf Jaswir, Irwandi and Noviendri, Dedi and Fitri Hasrini, Reno and Octavianti, Fitri (2011) Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 5 (33). pp. 7119-7131. ISSN 1996-0875 http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2011/31Dec/Jaswir%20et%20al.pdf DOI: 10.5897/JMPRx11.011 |
| spellingShingle | QD Chemistry Jaswir, Irwandi Noviendri, Dedi Fitri Hasrini, Reno Octavianti, Fitri Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| title | Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their
application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| title_full | Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their
application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| title_fullStr | Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their
application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their
application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| title_short | Carotenoids: Sources, medicinal properties and their
application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| title_sort | carotenoids sources medicinal properties and their application in food and nutraceutical industry |
| topic | QD Chemistry |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/17156/1/Jaswir_et_al-JMPR_2011-carotenoids.pdf |
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