Carotenoids yog ib chav kawm ntawm ntau dua 750 cov xim uas tshwm sim los ntawm nroj tsuag, algae, thiab cov kab mob photosynthetic (1). Cov xim muaj xim nplua nuj no yog qhov chaw ntawm cov xim daj, txiv kab ntxwv, thiab xim liab ntawm ntau cov nroj tsuag. Txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub muab feem ntau ntawm 40 txog 50 carotenoids pom hauv tib neeg noj.
Cov nroj tsuag ntawm carotenoids yog dab tsi?
Khoom noj muaj carotenoids suav nrog:
- yams.
- kale.
- spinach.
- cantaloupe.
- tswb peppers.
- txiv lws suav.
- carrots.
Dab tsi yog qhov chaw lom neeg ntawm carotenoids?
Feem ntau carotenoids yog hydrocarbons uas muaj 40 carbon atoms thiab ob lub davhlau ya nyob twg [1]. Tag nrho cov kab mob photosynthetic (suav nrog cov nroj tsuag algae thiab cyanobacteria) thiab qee cov kab mob uas tsis yog photosynthetic thiab fungi ua ke cov carotenoids.
carotenoids nyob rau hauv cov nroj tsuag nyob qhov twg?
Chloroplast txhais cov nroj tsuag thiab yog cov photosynthetic plastids hauv cov ntaub so ntswg ntsuab. Muaj ntau carotenoids nyob rau hauv chloroplast thylakoid daim nyias nyiasrau photosynthesis thiab photoprotection.
Puas muaj carotenoids pom hauv cov zaub mov lossis tsiaj?
Carotenoids yog cov tshuaj tiv thaiv antioxidant tseem ceeb, muaj nyob hauv ntau cov khoom noj ntawm tsob nroj, tsiaj txhu thiab marine keeb kwm.