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Beta-Carotene in plasma by UV/VIS – FAST (code Z64010) – 100 tests package. INSIGHTS Carotene is a terpenic provitamin contained in many varieties of fruit and vegetables to which it gives a color ranging from yellow to red. Fruits such as apricots, persimmons, melons, peaches, oranges and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, yellow squash, red peppers but also green leafy vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, turnips and chicory. Beta-carotene is the most common form in nature. In the intestine it is partly converted into vitamin A, a fundamental substance for the well-being of the skin and eyes, and the rest is stored. They are good antioxidants, so they participate in the prevention of cancer. The first research in this field started from epidemiological studies that found a strong relationship between the prevention of fruit and vegetable consumption of some types of cancer. Principle of the method : This method allows to determine plasma concentrations of beta-carotene. A rate of two reagents are added plasma precipitation and, after centrifugation, the supernatant is transferred into the test tube and injected into HPLC.
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