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Well-protected and Highly Functional through Carotenoids
- Subjects: Plant Sciences
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- Contributors:
- Barbara Demmig-Adams ,
- Stephanie Polutchko ,
- William Adams III
- Carotenoids
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/photochem2020022
Carotenoids are yellow-to-orange pigments that lend color of certain flowers, fruit, vegetables, corn kernels, fall leaves, salmon, shellfish, egg yolks, and feathers of various birds. Carotenoids are also internally in many organisms. Over 1100 naturally occurring carotenoids have been described. Most animals cannot produce their own carotenoids. They rely on a dietary supply of carotenoids with roles in essential functions.
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Demmig-Adams, B.; Polutchko, S.; Adams Iii, W. Well-protected and Highly Functional through Carotenoids. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/411 (accessed on 17 January 2026).
Demmig-Adams B, Polutchko S, Adams Iii W. Well-protected and Highly Functional through Carotenoids. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/411. Accessed January 17, 2026.
Demmig-Adams, Barbara, Stephanie Polutchko, William Adams Iii. "Well-protected and Highly Functional through Carotenoids" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/411 (accessed January 17, 2026).
Demmig-Adams, B., Polutchko, S., & Adams Iii, W. (2022, September 01). Well-protected and Highly Functional through Carotenoids. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/411
Demmig-Adams, Barbara, et al. "Well-protected and Highly Functional through Carotenoids." Encyclopedia. Web. 01 September, 2022.
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