• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.396-401
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was the development of adsorbents for the refining of edible oil using agricultural byproducts such as rice hull, barley hull, and soybean hull as well as evaluation of their adsorptive effects against free fatty acids and lutein, the major impurities of soybean oil. Ash-type and carbon-type adsorbents were produced from the hulls. Ash-type adsorbents such as rice hull ash (RHA), barley hull ash (BHA) and soybean hull ash (SHA) were effective for the removal of free fatty acids; the acid value of degummed soybean oil was decreased by 86% upon treatment with 5% SHA. However, carbon-type adsorbents such as rice hull carbon (RHC), barley hull carbon (BHC), and soybean hull carbon (SHC) were effective for removing lutein, resulting in a 52% decrease in the lutein content of degummed soybean oil upon treatment with 5% SHC. Whereas ash-type adsorbents were composed of mesopores or macropores with small surface areas and total pore volume, carbon-type adsorbents were mainly composed of micropores with large surface areas and total pore volume.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.339-345
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• 2013

We investigated the antihypertensive effect of lutein on $N^G$-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME)-induced hypertensive rats. Daily oral administration of L-NAME (40 mg/kg)-induced a rapid progressive increase in mean arterial pressure (MAP). L-NAME significantly increased MAP from the first week compared to that in the control and reached $193.3{\pm}9.6$ mmHg at the end of treatment. MAP in the lutein groups was dose-dependently lower than that in the L-NAME group. Similar results were observed for systolic and diastolic blood pressure of L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats. The control group showed little change in heart rate for 3 weeks, whereas L-NAME significantly reduced heart rate from $434{\pm}26$ to $376{\pm}33$ beats/min. Lutein (2 mg/kg) significantly prevented the reduced heart rate induced by L-NAME. L-NAME caused hypertrophy of heart and kidney, and increased plasma lipid peroxidation four-fold but significantly reduced plasma nitrite and glutathione concentrations, which were significantly prevented by lutein in a dose-dependent manner. These findings suggest that lutein affords significant antihypertensive and antioxidant effects against L-NAME-induced hypertension in rats.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.489-498
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• 1997

Recent researches suggest that carotenoids are important not only as provitamin A but also for prevention of chronic diseases. This study was conduction to determine levels and factors affecting serum levels of lutein + zeaxanthin, $\beta$-cryptoxanthin, and $\beta$-carotene in 93 adults living in rural area of Korea. Fasting blood samples were collected and serum carotenoid levels were measured by HPLC. Dietary intake was estimated by 24 hour recall method and frequency questionnare of major food groups. Mean serum concentration of lutein + zeaxanthin was 616.32 nmol/L, $\beta$-cryptoxanthin was 856.95nmol/L, and $\beta$-carotene was 242.90nmol/L. Serum $\beta$-carotene levels in study subjects were very low. Both $\beta$-cryptxanthin and $\beta$-carotene were negatively correlated with serum triglyceride and positively correlated with total-choesterol and LDL-cholesterol. Serum levels of female subjects were significantly higher than males in all carotenoids. For age groups, subjects in their 30's were shown to have the highest concentration of all carotenoids. Lutein + zeaxanthin were lowest in subjects in theri 40's while $\beta$-crytoxanthin and $\beta$-carotene levels were lowest in subjects in their 60's. The $\beta$-carotene levels in non-smokers were significantly higher than in drinkers. Lutein+zeaxanthin levels were significantly higher among subjects consuming more green and yellow vegetables by frequency questionnarie. In conclusion, serum carotenoids were affected by sex, age, serum lipids, smoking, and alcohol intake. Intake of vegetables and fruits could affect by sex, serum lipids, smoking, and alchol intake. Intake of vegetables and fruits could affect serum lutein+zeaxanthin level. This data indicated that compared to other studies, Korean adults in rural areas have high lutein+zeaxanthin concentratins and low $\beta$-carotene concentrations in serum. High lutein+zeaxanthin levels may be related to high consumption of vegetables in these subjects.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.1099-1106
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• 1999

Effects of dietary carotenoids were investigated on metabolism of the carotenoids, and body pigmen tation in oily bittering, Acheilognathus koreensis. Two weeks later after depletion,oily bitterings were fed the diets supplemented with either lutein, cynthiaxanthin and astaxathin for 4 weeks. Carotenoids distributed to and metabolized in integument were analyed. The carotenoid isolated from the integument of wild oily bittering, composed of 47.2% zeaxanthin, 11.4% lutein epoxide, 11.0% diatoxanthin, 9.7% lutein and 8.3% zeaxanthin epoxide. Meanwhile, two weeks later after depletion, the carotenoid composed of 29.9% crytoxanthin, 19.3% zeaxanthin, 13.2% lutein epoxide, 12.0% diatoxanthin and 8.8% zeaxanthin epoxide. These indicated that zeaxanthin, diatoxanthin, lutein epoxide and zeaxanthin epoxide were actively metabolized in oily bittering, compared to that of other fresh water fish. Total carotenoid content in the integument of wild oily bittering and oily bittering depleted for two weeks was found to be 1.72mg% and 2.08mg%, respectively. Two weeks later after treatment of experimental diet, total carotenoids content was increased to 2.23mg% in lutein, 2.36mg% in cynthiaxanthin and 2.49mg% in astaxanthin supplemented group, which were relatively higher than 2.10mg% in control group. Meanwhile, 4 weeks later, total ca rotenoids content was decreased to 1.76mg% in control, 1.95mg% in lutein, 1.74mg% in cynthiaxanthin and 1.72mg% in astaxanthin supplemented groups. These result indicate that dietary carotenoids were rapidly accumulated and then metabolized to certain metabolites shortly after feeding. Body pigmentation effects of the carotenoids due to accumulation of carotenoids in the integument of oily bittering was the most effectively shown in the astaxanthin supplemented group, followed by cynthiaxanthin and lutein supplemented groups. In the integument of oily bittering, dietary carotenoids were presumably biotrans formed via either oxidative or reductive pathways as presumed the variation of total carotenoid content and carotenoid composition in all experimental groups. The lutein was oxidized either to astaxanthin via doradexanthin and doradexanthin, or to zeaxanthin epoxide via zeaxanthin by oxidative pathway. Cynthiaxanthin was converted either to diatoxanthin and zeaxanthin by reductive pathway and then to zeaxanthin epoxide by oxidative pathway, or it was converted to astaxanthin via diatoxanthin, zeaxan thin and doradexanthin by oxidative pathway. Astaxanthin was converted to doradexanthin and zeaxanthin by reductive pathway and then to zeaxanthin epoxide by oxidative pathway. These results suggest that, oxidative pathway of carotenoids was major metabolic pathway along with reductive path way in fresh water fish.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1984

The lipoprotein-bound carotenoids occurred in the viscera of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) were separated and characterized to be the mixture of fatty acid esters of lutein and free lutein. The main fatty acid components of the esters were lauric (68%) and myristic acid (17%), and indicated the characteristic pattern compared with that of triglycerides and cholesterol esters in abalone. Patterns of carotenoids from the lipoproteins were, simple and this suggested selected metabolisms of various feed-originated carotenoids found in the whole acetone extract of abalone.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.87-93
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• 1996

어류의 carotenoid에 관한 비교 생화학적 연구의 일환으로서, 우리나라 특산의 통어과이 쏘가리와 꺽지의 표피 및 난의 산란 중과 산란 후의 carotenoid 조성이 서로 어떻게 다른가 비교, 검토하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 쏘가리와 꺽지 표피의 총 carotenoid 함량은 쏘가리는 산란 중에 2.8mg%, 산란후에 2.1mg%로 나타나 산란후보다 산란중에 높은 함량치를 보였다. 표피의 carotenoid 조성은 쏘가리는 산란중에 tunaxanthin 42.2%, lutein 22.0%이며, 산란 후에는 tunaxanthin 32.7%, lutein 24.5%로 나타났으며, 꺽지는 산란중에는 tunaxanthin 69.4%, lutein 17.0%m 산란후에는 tunaxanthin 37.5%, lutein 24.8%로 나타나 표피의 tunaxanthin 의 함량이 산란 중이 산란 후가 높았다. 쏘가리와 꺽지 난의 총 carotenoid 함량은 쏘가리의 난은 0.3mg%, 꺽지의 난은 1.3mg%로 나타나 쏘가리 보다 꺽지 난의 함량이 높았다. 난의 carotenoid 조성은 쏘가리 $\beta$-carotene 27.4%, zeaxanthin 25.7%, diatoxanthin 23.8%였고, 꺽지는 $\beta$-carotene 27.4%, zeaxanthin 25.3%, diatoxanthin 22.4%로 나타나 모두 $\beta$-carotene, zeaxanthin, diatoxanthin 이 주성분으로 함유 되어 있었으며 그외 cynthiaxanthin, lutein 및 cryptoxanthin 등이 함유되어 있었다 동일한 농어과의 쏘가리와 꺽지 표피 및 난의 carotenoid 조성은 서로 유사함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.17-21
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• 2000

Carotenoids in commercial green-yellow vegetables(carrot, mugwort, perilla leaf, leek and water dropwort) were analyzed by HPLC. Carotenoids detected were lutein, ${\alpha}$-carotene, and ${\beta}$-carotene. ${\beta}$-Carotene and lutein were detected in every sample analyzed, but ${\alpha}$-carotene could only be detected in carrot. Blanching vegetables in 3% saline increased the content of carotenoids, however, the components of carotenoids were not changed. This result suggests that blanching increases the amount of available carotenoids.

• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.683-686
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• 1994

The chemical constituents of Selaginella tamariscina were studied. From the n-hexane, chloroform and n-butanol soluble fractions, three compounds were isolated by chromatographic purification process. They were identified as lutein, $3{\beta}-cholesterol$ and hinokiflavone by spectral anaylsis(IR, MS, UV, $^1H-NMR$, $^{13}C-NMR$ and DEPT). Lutein and $3{\beta}-cholesterol$ were first isolated compounds from Selaginellaceae and hinokiflavone was a reported compound from this plant.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.310-314
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• 1980

Some minor carotenoid pigments, luteints, lutein monoester, torulene, $\gamma$-carotene, and 5,6-monoepoxy-$\alpha$-carotene-like have been separated and identified from the abdominal skin of Bombina Orientalis. Their structures have been established through the physical and chemical properties, VIS-UV and IR spectral characteristics, and chromatographic behaviors.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.389-396
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• 1992

Provitamin A carotenoids($\alpha$- $\beta$-carotene lutein capsanthin) cintents in various red pepper and red pepper products were analyzed by HPLC and UV/VIS spectroscopy. The amounts of $\beta$-carotene and capsanthin were at its highest in powdered red pepper and lutein in red pepper leaves. There are little $\alpha$-carotene present in all samples analyzed. So vitamin A activity was calculated only from $\beta$-carotene content. Capsanthin and $\beta$-carotene contents of red pepper were higher than those of green pepper whereas lutein content of red pepper was lower than that of green pepper. whereas lutein content of red pepper was lower than that of green pepper. Vitamin A activity from colorimetric analysis was higher than that from chromatographic method and results were not generally in accordance with the vitamin A data presented in current food composition tables. Vitamin A activities in retinol equivalent(R. E. ) of green pepper red pepper powdered red pepper fermented red pepper paste and red pepper leaves were 70, 570, 1, 340, 140, 980 R. E respectively.