Medicinal Natural Products - laboratory. The role of lycopene and carotene in human body, isolation of lycopene and β-carotene from tomatoes and carrots

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Title	Medicinal Natural Products - laboratory. The role of lycopene and carotene in human body, isolation of lycopene and β-carotene from tomatoes and carrots
Persons	Authors: Joanna Cabaj, Jadwiga Sołoducho Partner: Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Description	Lycopene, the red pigment of the tomato, is a carotenoid made up of eight isoprene units. β-carotene, the yellow pigment of the carrot is the isomer of lycopene. Lycopene is the predominant carotenoid in blood plasma and prostate tissue. It is also responsible for the color of flamingos; without lycopene in their diet, flamingos would be white. The chromophore in both lycopene and carotene is a system of 11 all-trans conjugated double bonds; the closing of the two rings renders β-carotene less highly pigmented than lycopene. Lycopene is not converted into vitamin A as carotene is, but is a powerful antioxidant, being an efficient scavenger of singlet oxygen, and thus has an anti-cancer effect. Carotenoids are very sensitive to light-catalyzed air oxidation. Consequently, the solutions should be protected from undue exposure to light and heat. (English)
Keywords	"związki chemiczne"@pl, "właściwości chemiczne"@pl, "likopen"@pl, "Pomidor (warzywo)"@pl, "Marchew (warzywo)"@pl, "metody izolacji"@pl
Classification	Resource type: educational material Scientific discipline: dziedzina nauk chemicznych / chemia (2011) Destination group: scientists, teachers, students, pupils, entrepreneurs, public administration, general public Harmful content: No
Characteristics	Place of creation: Wrocław Creation time: 2018 Number of pages: 14 Lecturers:Joanna Cabaj, Jadwiga Sołoducho Resource language: English
License	CC BY-SA 4.0
Technical information	Submitter: Jadwiga Soloducho Availability date: 17-03-2021
Collections	Kolekcja Politechniki Wrocławskiej, Kolekcja e-Learning PWr

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