Component
Mouse hepatic mitochondrial lycopene enrichment
Mouse hepatic mitochondrial lycopene enrichment. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
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What acts on it
Lycopene was enriched three- to fivefold in hepatic mitochondria compared with total hepatic content across the tested genotypes.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/lycopene-research/37269907.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "36b39754d4d3b4ed8721a15f8dffe03bfd387dcbef3ff50918daabb45c48e756", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1986, "text_sha256": "36b39754d4d3b4ed8721a15f8dffe03bfd387dcbef3ff50918daabb45c48e756"}
- experimental_model
- Carotenoid-enzyme knockout comparison and vitamin-A diet experiment
- exposure
- 1 mg lycopene in cottonseed oil daily for two weeks; separate vitamin-A-deficient versus sufficient diets
- limitations
- Mouse knockout distribution does not directly quantify human cleavage; increased ISX signaling does not prove conversion to vitamin A.
- nutrient_topic
- Lycopene research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Lycopene
- organism
- Mouse
- plain_language
- Location inside the cell matters as well as the total amount.
- primary_references
- [lycopene-p37269907] Lycopene Accumulation in Transgenic Mice Lacking One or Both Carotenoid Cleaving Enzymes. (2023). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37269907/ DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.05.025
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Liver, other tissues and intestinal gene expression
Lycopene: absorption, metabolism, nutrient connections and human outcomes (2026-09-17) · lines 832–843
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Carotenoid-enzyme knockout comparison and vitamin-A diet experiment · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### lycopene-mouse-mitochondria Lycopene was enriched three- to fivefold in hepatic mitochondria compared with total hepatic content across the tested genotypes. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Lycopene research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Location inside the cell matters as well as the total amount. organism: Mouse tissue_or_cell_type: Liver, other tissues and intestinal gene expression experimental_model: Carotenoid-enzyme knockout comparison and vitamin-A diet experiment limitations: Mouse knockout distribution does not directly quantify human cleavage; increased ISX signaling does not prove conversion to vitamin A. exposure: 1 mg lycopene in cottonseed oil daily for two weeks; separate vitamin-A-deficient versus sufficient diets evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/lycopene-research/37269907.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "36b39754d4d3b4ed8721a15f8dffe03bfd387dcbef3ff50918daabb45c48e756", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1986, "text_sha256": "36b39754d4d3b4ed8721a15f8dffe03bfd387dcbef3ff50918daabb45c48e756"} [lycopene-p37269907] Lycopene Accumulation in Transgenic Mice Lacking One or Both Carotenoid Cleaving Enzymes. (2023). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37269907/ DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.05.025
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Situations it appears in
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