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carotenes contribute towards the development of vitamin A
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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
Carotenes are stored in the liver to be transformed into?
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Why does carotenes move more rapidly with the solvent then the xanthophylls?
The reason that carotenes move more rapidly with the solvent than the xanthrophylls is likely due to polarity. Xanthrophylls are fairly nonpolar, but carotenes are even more nonpolar.
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
Do carotene's help in the capture of sunlight during photosynthesis?
Yes they do, carotenes have a different wavelength peak of light absorption than chlorophyll pigments. They are classified as secondary pigments.
A group of accessory pigments that includes beta carotene?
Carotenes.
The bottom of your feet are yellow what does this mean?
This means you may be eating food that is high in beta-carotenes. Foods that are high in beta-carotenes are foods that are yellow or orange in color such as squash, carrots etc.
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.
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.
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
