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HarvestPlus Handbook for Carotenoid Analysis.
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The HarvestPlus Technical Monographs as mentioned in this paper provide a forum for HarvestPlus research outputs, which can be of two kinds: • state-of-the-art reviews that help to establish and define Harvestplus research questions or • " gold standard " procedures to be followed in Harvest plus research.Abstract:
2 HarvestPlus Technical Monographs are designed to provide a forum for HarvestPlus research outputs. Technical Monographs can be of two kinds: • state-of-the-art reviews that help to establish and define HarvestPlus research questions or • " gold standard " procedures to be followed in HarvestPlus research. HarvestPlus technical monographs are written by recognized experts in the field and are externally peer reviewed prior to publication.read more
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Lycopene as the most efficient biological carotenoid singlet oxygen quencher.
TL;DR: Lycopene, a biologically occurring carotenoid, exhibits the highest physical quenching rate constant with singlet oxygen, and its plasma level is slightly higher than that of beta-carotene, but those compounds with low kq values occur at higher plasma levels.
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