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Carotene bleaching in the linoleic-acid/lipoxygenase assay
Carotene bleaching in the linoleic-acid/lipoxygenase assay. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
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What acts on it
Nasunin inhibited carotene bleaching in the linoleic-acid/lipoxygenase assay at pH 7.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/nasunin-research/oxidation1993.publisher-abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary publisher abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "f5cd9a7913480b3dabe167e043aa03028e74ba6d0a57ada4ca50773ee9b16dee", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1041, "text_sha256": "f5cd9a7913480b3dabe167e043aa03028e74ba6d0a57ada4ca50773ee9b16dee"}
- experimental_model
- Carotene bleaching and linoleic acid autoxidation assays
- exposure
- Carotene assay pH 7; linoleic acid autoxidation pH 2.8
- limitations
- The structure-activity interpretation is tentative and assay-specific; no vitamin A absorption or systemic vitamin-sparing effect was tested.
- nutrient_topic
- Nasunin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Nasunin
- organism
- Cell-free chemistry
- plain_language
- A food-model assay connects this pigment to oxidation of another pigment.
- primary_references
- [nasunin-poxidation1993] Antioxidative Activity of Nasunin in Chouja-nasu (Little Eggplant, Solanum melongena L. 'Chouja'). (1993). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/nskkk1962/40/2/40_2_138/_article DOI: 10.3136/nskkk1962.40.138
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Pigment and lipid oxidation
Nasunin: identity, redox chemistry and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 601–612
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Carotene bleaching and linoleic acid autoxidation assays · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### nasunin-carotene-bleaching Nasunin inhibited carotene bleaching in the linoleic-acid/lipoxygenase assay at pH 7. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Nasunin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: A food-model assay connects this pigment to oxidation of another pigment. organism: Cell-free chemistry tissue_or_cell_type: Pigment and lipid oxidation experimental_model: Carotene bleaching and linoleic acid autoxidation assays limitations: The structure-activity interpretation is tentative and assay-specific; no vitamin A absorption or systemic vitamin-sparing effect was tested. exposure: Carotene assay pH 7; linoleic acid autoxidation pH 2.8 evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/nasunin-research/oxidation1993.publisher-abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary publisher abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "f5cd9a7913480b3dabe167e043aa03028e74ba6d0a57ada4ca50773ee9b16dee", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1041, "text_sha256": "f5cd9a7913480b3dabe167e043aa03028e74ba6d0a57ada4ca50773ee9b16dee"} [nasunin-poxidation1993] Antioxidative Activity of Nasunin in Chouja-nasu (Little Eggplant, Solanum melongena L. 'Chouja'). (1993). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/nskkk1962/40/2/40_2_138/_article DOI: 10.3136/nskkk1962.40.138
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