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Sources of alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta- and epsilon-carotenes: a twentieth century review

2008; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 18; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-695x2008000100023

1981-528X

José Maria Barbosa‐Filho, A. A. J. Alencar, Xirley Pereira Nunes, Anna Cláudia de Andrade Tomaz, José Guedes de Sena Filho, Petrônio Filgueiras de Athayde-Filho, Marcelo Sobral da Silva, Maria F. Vanderlei de Souza, Emídio Vasconcelos Leitão da Cunha,

Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Since humans cannot synthesize carotenoids, they depend upon the diet exclusively for the source of these micronutrients. It has claimed that they may alleviate chronic diseases such as cancers. The present communication constitutes a global review of the scientific literature on plants and others organisms that biosynthesize carotenoids, which include the series alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta- and epsilon-carotenes. The results of the literature survey lists more than five hundred sources.