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How do carotenes help the body?
carotenes contribute towards the development of vitamin A
Carotenes are stored in the liver to be transformed into?
Type your answer here... carotenes are stored in the liver to be transformed into
Why does carotenes move more rapidly with the solvent then the xanthophylls?
Carotenes are less polar than xanthophylls, so they have a greater affinity for the nonpolar solvent used in chromatography. This difference in polarity causes the carotenes to move more rapidly through the chromatography column compared to xanthophylls.
What are four examples of plant pigments?
orange carotenes and yellow xanthophylls, absorb different wavelengths of light and pass that energy on to chlorophyll molecules. The carotenoids are pigments, including carotenes
A group of accessory pigments that includes beta carotene?
Carotenes.
What do carotenes have to do with skin color?
Carotenes are yellow-orange pigments produced only by plants. Normally they have nothing to do with skin color. But if consumed in overabundance they can produce a condition termed as carotenodermia, where the yellowing of the skin can occur.
In the body carotenes are stored in the liver to be transformed into?
In the body carotenes are stored in the liver to be transformed into Vitamin A. Vitamin A is the name of a group of fat soluble retinoids: retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and retinal esters.
In the body carotenes are stored in the liver to be transformed into what kind of vitamin?
Vitamin d
What is the 9 letters word having a as the second letter and ends with s?
carotenes
What are the main nutrients found in the vegetable group?
ANSWER: carbohydrate,vitamins,carotenes and folates
What is the phytochemical found in sweet potatoes?
Beta and alpha carotenes are found in sweet potatoes.
What pigments might you find in a carrot plant?
Practically any plant contains many kinds of pigments, and so do carrots. The main pigments you will find in the leaves, and they include some kinds of chlorophyll, some kinds of carotenes and some kinds of xanthophylls (which are largely yellow and orange pigments that are not important in nutrition). If you are talking about the main colours found in carrot roots, then probably the name you want to know is carotenes. There are some other pigments as well, depending on the kind of carrot and the conditions under which it grew, for example you might find some carrots are practically purple or have a purple patch around the top where the leaves come out. However, the main orange colour of the carrot root is a mix of carotenes. Of these, probably the most important from the point of view of one's diet is the one called beta carotene; your body breaks it down into vitamin A. Other carotenes either do not produce proper vitamin A, or produce half and half vitamin A and other compounds of little nutritional importance. Although leaves look green rather than orange, they do also contain carotenes. It is just that the chlorophylls in the leaves are more intensely coloured and mask the orange colour. Carotenes do affect leaf colour however; pure chlorophylls tend to have a blueish green colour and the orange of the carotenes give an overall leaf-green shade. In fact, carotenes are commercially important both for food colouring and for producing vitamins, and most of the carotenes are extracted from leaves because they are the cheapest.
