- β-
Cryptoxanthin is a
natural carotenoid pigment. It has been
isolated from a
variety of
sources including the
fruit of
plants in the
genus Physalis, orange...
- best-known
provitamin A carotenoid.
Others include α-carotene and β-
cryptoxanthin.
Carotenoid absorption is
restricted to the
duodenum of the
small intestine...
- and α- and β-
cryptoxanthin. The
latter compound is the only
known xanthophyll to
contain a beta-ionone ring, and thus β-
cryptoxanthin is the only xanthophyll...
- lipid-soluble
compounds that
include alpha- and beta-carotene, beta-
cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein, and zeaxanthin. The
primary serum carotenoids are...
- Gamma-Carotene Delta-Carotene
Lycopene Neurosporene Phytofluene Phytoene Xanthophylls:
Canthaxanthin Cryptoxanthin Zeaxanthin Astaxanthin Lutein Rubixanthin...
-
unsubstituted beta-ionone
rings (including β-carotene, α-carotene, β-
cryptoxanthin, and γ-carotene) have
vitamin A
activity (meaning that they can be converted...
- hesperidin, neohesperidin, tangeretin, citromitin, synephrine, carotene,
cryptoxanthin, inositol,
vitamin B1, and
vitamin C.
Traditional Chinese herbal medicine...
- α-carotene and β-carotene (provitamin A compounds), zeaxanthin,
lutein and β-
cryptoxanthin; reds
derive from
capsanthin and capsorubin. One
study found high concentrations...
- (though less than β-carotene), as does the
xanthophyll carotenoid β-
cryptoxanthin. All
other carotenoids,
including lycopene, have no beta-ring and thus...
-
carotenes α-carotene, β-carotene, γ-carotene, and the
xanthophyll β-
cryptoxanthin, can all be
metabolized to β-ionone, and thus have
vitamin A activity...
