Beta-carotene : functions, health benefits and adverse effects / Maxime Lefevre, editor.

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BETA-CAROTENE ; BETA-CAROTENE ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; CAROTENOIDS AND ADIPOSITY ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; 1. CAROTENOIDS ; 2. EFFECTS OF Ý -CAROTENE AND METABOLITES ON ADIPOSE TISSUE ; A. Biological Activities of Carotenoid Metabolites; B. Enzymatic Cleavage by Carotenoid Oxygenases ; C. Carotenoid Oxygenases and Apocarotenal Production ; D. Mouse Studies on the Effects of Carotenoid Metabolites in Adipose Tissue ; E. Effects of Carotenoid Metabolites and Other Signaling Pathways on Insulin Sensitivity ; F. Other Animal Studies on the Effects of Carotenoid Metabolites in Adipose Tissue.

3. ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM A. Intestinal Efficiency in Ý-Carotene Cleavage and Retinoid Production ; B. Effects of Body Mass Index (BMI) in Conversion Efficiency Of Ý-Carotene ; C. Genetic Variation In Ý-Carotene Absorption and Cleavage ; 4. Ý -CAROTENE, ADIPOSITY AND CARDIO-METABOLIC DISEASE ; A. Epidemiological Studies Assessing Carotenoid Status in the General Population ; B. Human Studies on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality ; C. Human Studies Assessing Effects on Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes ; D. Recent Studies in Young Adults.

E. Studies Using Mixed Concentrated Fruit and Vegetable Juice Concentrate (FVJC) Products SUMMARY ; ABBREVIATIONS ; REFERENCES ; beta-CAROTENE AND PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. PPAR ACTIVATION IN -CAROTENE-INHIBITED CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION ; 2. REPRESSION OF PPAR EXPRESSION IN THE INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF -CAROTENE AND OTHER CAROTENOIDS ON ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION AND ADIPOGENESIS ; 2.1.-Carotene and Its Metabolite Retinoids (Vitamin A and Its Derivatives) ; 2.2. Other Carotenoids.

3. PPAR IN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE MODIFICATION AND CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS AND EFFLUX REGULATION BY CAROTENOIDS CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; BETA-CAROTENE: FUNCTIONS, HEALTH BENEFITS, ADVERSE EFFECTS AND APPLICATIONS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. General Aspects ; 2. CAROTENOIDS AND BETA-CAROTENE ; 3. DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS; 4. BETA-CAROTENE EXTRACTION, QUANTIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION ; 5. BENEFITS TO HUMAN HEALTH ; 6. ADVERSE EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH ; 7. BIOAVAILABILITY OF CAROTENOIDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS ; 8. BETA-CAROTENE IN RAW MATERIALS AND IN PROCESSED AND HOME COOKED FOOD.

APPROACHES REFERENCES ; APPROACHES FOR THE STABILIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF BETA-CAROTENE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; ELECTROSPUN ZEIN FIBERS ; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLES AND NANOSTRUCTURED LIPID CARRIERS ; NIOSOMES ; EMULSIONS AND NANOMULSIONS ; POLYLACTIC ACID NANOPARTICLES ; MICROENCAPSULATION ; FURCELLARAN BEADS ; REFERENCES ; EFFECTS OF DIETARY BETA-CAROTENE ON LUNG FUNCTION, RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ; ABSTRACT ; DIETARY BETA-CAROTENE ; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ; LITERATURE SEARCH ; LUNG FUNCTION ; RISK OF COPD ; COPD MORTALITY.

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