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Ferret lung apo-10-prime-lycopenol content
Ferret lung apo-10-prime-lycopenol content. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Lycopene-fed ferrets accumulated cis isomers and detectable apo-10-prime-lycopenol in lung tissue.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/lycopene-research/16672231.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "135695c9d3106469d8d64ec0806ba5bf048f0f1df6f3e3cd53e838e50b960445", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1967, "text_sha256": "135695c9d3106469d8d64ec0806ba5bf048f0f1df6f3e3cd53e838e50b960445"}
- experimental_model
- Recombinant ferret enzyme and tissue-fraction metabolism
- exposure
- 5-cis, 13-cis and all-trans lycopene; iron; NAD+ or NADH
- limitations
- Ferret experiments do not quantify human cleavage flux or predict supplement response.
- nutrient_topic
- Lycopene research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Lycopene
- organism
- Ferret
- plain_language
- The animal experiment detected a downstream metabolite as well as intact lycopene.
- primary_references
- [lycopene-p16672231] The biochemical characterization of ferret carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase catalyzing cleavage of carotenoids in vitro and in vivo. (2006). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16672231/ DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512095200
- tissue_or_cell_type
- BCO2 enzyme; hepatic fractions and lung
Lycopene: absorption, metabolism, nutrient connections and human outcomes (2026-09-17) · lines 364–375
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Recombinant ferret enzyme and tissue-fraction metabolism · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### lycopene-ferret-lung-metabolite Lycopene-fed ferrets accumulated cis isomers and detectable apo-10-prime-lycopenol in lung tissue. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Lycopene research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The animal experiment detected a downstream metabolite as well as intact lycopene. organism: Ferret tissue_or_cell_type: BCO2 enzyme; hepatic fractions and lung experimental_model: Recombinant ferret enzyme and tissue-fraction metabolism limitations: Ferret experiments do not quantify human cleavage flux or predict supplement response. exposure: 5-cis, 13-cis and all-trans lycopene; iron; NAD+ or NADH evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/lycopene-research/16672231.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "135695c9d3106469d8d64ec0806ba5bf048f0f1df6f3e3cd53e838e50b960445", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1967, "text_sha256": "135695c9d3106469d8d64ec0806ba5bf048f0f1df6f3e3cd53e838e50b960445"} [lycopene-p16672231] The biochemical characterization of ferret carotene-9',10'-monooxygenase catalyzing cleavage of carotenoids in vitro and in vivo. (2006). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16672231/ DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512095200
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