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- noun Plural form of
carotene .
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Examples
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Leaves also have yellow to orange pigments called carotenes and xanthophylls, but these colors are overpowered by chlorophyll most of the year.
BC Bloggers 2009
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By feeding rats different carotenes, Brockman and Kuhn showed that alpha -, beta - and gamma-carotene were all broken down and converted into vitamin A in the liver.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Brockman and later Grundmann joined with them to examine carotenes from other plants for comparative studies and found that most of these plants contained primarily beta-carotene, while some, like carrots, had high levels alpha carotene in ratio to the beta - and gamma-carotenes.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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The green colors are yielding to oranges (carotenes) and yellows (xanthophylls) that are part of the pigment already in the leaf.
Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop Joel M. Lerner 2010
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You can also check product ingredient lists for beet, carotenes, annatto, capsanthin (a paprika extract) -- as all are natural colorants.
EatingWell: Trick or Treat: The Hidden Health Risks of Food Dyes EatingWell 2010
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You can also check product ingredient lists for beet, carotenes, annatto, capsanthin (a paprika extract) -- as all are natural colorants.
EatingWell: Trick or Treat: The Hidden Health Risks of Food Dyes EatingWell 2010
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Lederer's new techniques were simple in concept and dramatically effective in separating carotenes from other cellular material and chemicals used in his experiments.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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You can also check product ingredient lists for beet, carotenes, annatto, capsanthin (a paprika extract) -- as all are natural colorants.
EatingWell: Trick or Treat: The Hidden Health Risks of Food Dyes EatingWell 2010
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In addition to their skin rejuvenating and protective properties, the carotenes lutein and zeaxanthin also protect against eye degeneration caused by sunlight and other factors such as aging.
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Numerous scientific studies show that oral supplementation with carotenes, especially lycopene and beta carotene improve skin structure, have powerful wound healing properties and offer great protection from damage caused by sunlight.
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