Possible Interaction: Ethanol and Carotenoids

“Accordingly, prolonged use of alcohol , drugs, or both, results not only in decreased dietary intake of retinoids and carotenoids , but also accelerates the breakdown of retinol through cross-induction of degradative enzymes.”

“The results suggest a protective action of shrimp carotenoids against the ethanol effects on spreading depression.”

“We showed that the free radical removal ability of carotenoids can confer the engineered host with a higher tolerance to ethanol , so that it can produce more bio-ethanol than the wild type.”

“Graphical abstract The stress … (reactive oxygen generator, metal ion ethanol , and initial pH) … different effects on carotenoid content, especially, TiO2 was the most significant factor to the content of carotenoids, and the reactive oxygen species (ROS) may be the reason that TiO2 promoted carotenoids synthesis in Phaffia rhodozyma PR106.”

“ Carotenoids and anthocyanins were decreased by a combination of salinity and ET.”

“Our results have shown that short-term exposure to salinity and/or ethanol is able to achieve higher carotenoids and anthocyanins levels and these compounds can be considered as a new source of nutraceuticals.”

“However, we found that addition of ethanol caused the induction of crtYB and crtS gene expression and promoted de novo synthesis of carotenoids.”

“The [IC50]−1 values of carotenoid were also higher than that of α-Toc in ethanol solution than in liposomes, and these correlated well with the kQ values.”

“The kQ values of all carotenoids were 40–80 times higher than that of α-Toc in ethanol solution but only six times higher that of α-Toc in liposomes.”

“ Ethanol increased carotenoid production when it was added at various points during the lag and active growth phases.”