TY  - CHAP
AU  - Lucia Maria Jaeger de Carvalho
AU  - Gisela Maria Dellamora Ortiz
AU  - José
Luiz Viana de Carvalho
AU  - Lara Smirdele
AU  - Flavio de Souza Neves
Cardoso
ED  - Dragan J. Cvetkovic
ED  - Goran S. Nikolic
Y1  - 2017-06-14
PY  - 2017
T1  - Carotenoids in Yellow Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkins and Yellow Sweet Cassava
N2  - Carotenoids are one of the most widespread pigment groups distributed in nature; more than 700 natural carotenoids have been described so far. These pigments are known for versatile roles they play in living organisms; however, their most pivotal function is involvement in scavenging of reactive oxygen species and photoprotection. In the same time, carotenoids as natural pigments with important biological activities, such as antioxidant and provitamin A activity, have a great potential in the food, feed and pharmaceutical industries. They can be either extracted from plants and algae or synthesized by various microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, filamentous fungi and microalgae.
BT  - Carotenoids
SP  - Ch. 11
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/67717
DO  - 10.5772/67717
SN  - 978-953-51-3212-7
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -