"beta Carotene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A carotenoid that is a precursor of VITAMIN A. Beta carotene is administered to reduce the severity of photosensitivity reactions in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (PORPHYRIA, ERYTHROPOIETIC).
| Descriptor ID |
D019207
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.271.665.202.123 D02.455.426.392.368.367.379.249.050 D02.455.849.131.123 D23.767.261.050
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| Concept/Terms |
beta Carotene- beta Carotene
- Carotene, beta
- Betacarotene
- beta-Carotene
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta Carotene" by people in Profiles.
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Skin carotenoid scores are a valid approximation of fruit and vegetable intake among adults with obesity. Nutr Res. 2026 Sep; 153:41-48.
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Preterm Pigs Fed Donor Human Milk Have Greater Liver ?-Carotene Concentrations than Pigs Fed Infant Formula. J Nutr. 2023 11; 153(11):3185-3192.
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Engineering an Artificial Membrane Vesicle Trafficking System (AMVTS) for the Excretion of ?-Carotene in Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol. 2019 05 17; 8(5):1037-1046.
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in ?-Carotene Oxygenase 1 are Associated with Plasma Lycopene Responses to a Tomato-Soy Juice Intervention in Men with Prostate Cancer. J Nutr. 2019 03 01; 149(3):381-397.
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[Improving ?-carotene production in Escherichia coli by modularized regulation of the membrane synthetic pathway and morphology engineering]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2018 May 25; 34(5):703-711.
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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria: Initial Diagnosis With Cholestatic Liver Disease. Pediatrics. 2018 04; 141(Suppl 5):S445-S450.
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Use of a "Super-child" Approach to Assess the Vitamin A Equivalence of Moringa oleifera Leaves, Develop a Compartmental Model for Vitamin A Kinetics, and Estimate Vitamin A Total Body Stores in Young Mexican Children. J Nutr. 2017 12; 147(12):2356-2363.
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Membrane engineering - A novel strategy to enhance the production and accumulation of ?-carotene in Escherichia coli. Metab Eng. 2017 09; 43(Pt A):85-91.
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?-Carotene in Golden Rice is as good as ?-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Sep; 96(3):658-64.
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Yellow maize with high ?-carotene is an effective source of vitamin A in healthy Zimbabwean men. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Aug; 94(2):510-9.