Carotenoids: New Applications of “Old” Pigments
Апстракт
Carotenoids represent a large group of mainly red, orange, and yellow natural metabolites mainly involved in regulation of many metabolic processes. Carotenoids are beneficial for human health. Current study describes the importance, chemical composition and functioning of carotenoids. It is well known that carotenoids support pigments acting in light absorbance mechanisms during photosynthesis, and are known to protect the chlorophyll molecules from oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) damage. Carotenoids are involved in signaling processes in plants, responses to environmental stresses, pollination, germination and reproduction, and development regulation. As nutrients of strong antioxidant activity that is primarily linked to their polyene molecular structure, the carotenoids are reported as immune-enhancement and anticancer agents, which are also involved in prevention of eye-, gastric and neurocognitive disorders, and in regulation of obesity and anti-ageing. Concern...-ing the wide prospective applications of carotenoids as pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, there are some critical aspects associated with carotenoids’ bioavailability and challenges in their bioengineering. This mostly refers to the needs for identification and cloning of genes responsible for carotenoid biosynthesis and transformation and related development of transgenic carotenoid-rich crops. In the recent years, technologies of micro-and nanoencapsulation have addressed the needs of carotenoid entrapping to enhance their bioavailability, solubility and chemical stability, and to ensure the target delivery and manifestation of their strong antioxidant and other biological activity. Among standard and some advanced analytic tools for carotenoid determination (e.g., High performance liquid chromatography-HPLC, Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry-LC-MS, Ultra high performance liquid chromatography-UHPLC, High-performance thin-layer chromatography-HPTLC and others), the vibrational spectroscopy techniques, primarily Raman spectroscopy coupled with chemometric modeling, opened a new era in carotenoid research and application.
Кључне речи:
Antioxidant and biological activity / Biosynthesis of carotenoids / Encapsulation / Raman spectroscopy / Role in plantsИзвор:
Phyton, 2021, 90, 4, 1041-1062Издавач:
- Tech Science Press
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Републике Србије, институционално финансирање - 200116 (Универзитет у Београду, Пољопривредни факултет) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200116)
DOI: 10.32604/phyton.2021.015996
ISSN: 0031-9457
WoS: 000644704500001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85106905167
Институција/група
Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Kolašinac, Stefan M. AU - Dajić-Stevanović, Zora AU - Kilibarda, Sofija N. AU - Kostić, Aleksandar Ž. PY - 2021 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5861 AB - Carotenoids represent a large group of mainly red, orange, and yellow natural metabolites mainly involved in regulation of many metabolic processes. Carotenoids are beneficial for human health. Current study describes the importance, chemical composition and functioning of carotenoids. It is well known that carotenoids support pigments acting in light absorbance mechanisms during photosynthesis, and are known to protect the chlorophyll molecules from oxidative stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) damage. Carotenoids are involved in signaling processes in plants, responses to environmental stresses, pollination, germination and reproduction, and development regulation. As nutrients of strong antioxidant activity that is primarily linked to their polyene molecular structure, the carotenoids are reported as immune-enhancement and anticancer agents, which are also involved in prevention of eye-, gastric and neurocognitive disorders, and in regulation of obesity and anti-ageing. Concern-ing the wide prospective applications of carotenoids as pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals, there are some critical aspects associated with carotenoids’ bioavailability and challenges in their bioengineering. This mostly refers to the needs for identification and cloning of genes responsible for carotenoid biosynthesis and transformation and related development of transgenic carotenoid-rich crops. In the recent years, technologies of micro-and nanoencapsulation have addressed the needs of carotenoid entrapping to enhance their bioavailability, solubility and chemical stability, and to ensure the target delivery and manifestation of their strong antioxidant and other biological activity. Among standard and some advanced analytic tools for carotenoid determination (e.g., High performance liquid chromatography-HPLC, Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry-LC-MS, Ultra high performance liquid chromatography-UHPLC, High-performance thin-layer chromatography-HPTLC and others), the vibrational spectroscopy techniques, primarily Raman spectroscopy coupled with chemometric modeling, opened a new era in carotenoid research and application. PB - Tech Science Press T2 - Phyton T1 - Carotenoids: New Applications of “Old” Pigments EP - 1062 IS - 4 SP - 1041 VL - 90 DO - 10.32604/phyton.2021.015996 ER -
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Kolašinac, S. M., Dajić-Stevanović, Z., Kilibarda, S. N.,& Kostić, A. Ž.. (2021). Carotenoids: New Applications of “Old” Pigments. in Phyton Tech Science Press., 90(4), 1041-1062. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2021.015996
Kolašinac SM, Dajić-Stevanović Z, Kilibarda SN, Kostić AŽ. Carotenoids: New Applications of “Old” Pigments. in Phyton. 2021;90(4):1041-1062. doi:10.32604/phyton.2021.015996 .
Kolašinac, Stefan M., Dajić-Stevanović, Zora, Kilibarda, Sofija N., Kostić, Aleksandar Ž., "Carotenoids: New Applications of “Old” Pigments" in Phyton, 90, no. 4 (2021):1041-1062, https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2021.015996 . .