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Carotenoids as Coloring Agents

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Carotenoids: Structure and Function in the Human Body

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Pigmentation is an essential characteristic of microbe, plant and animals responsible for coloration, development and standard growth. Coloration is one of the vital qualities that increase the consumer acceptability of products. Coloration can be produced employing synthetic or by natural pigments. Gradually the demand for natural colorants has been increasing amongst the public due to growing awareness of toxicity and environmental concerns. Carotenoids are the most abundant pigments found in nature owing to special attention on its biotechnological production from microbes for industrial purpose. While the microbes and plants can synthesize carotenoids de novo, animals need to have precursor items on their diet to produce it. The large scale industrial production of carotenoids is expected to touch $2.0 billion by 2022.

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Karmakar, A., Das, A.K., Ghosh, S., Sil, P.C. (2021). Carotenoids as Coloring Agents. In: Zia-Ul-Haq, M., Dewanjee, S., Riaz, M. (eds) Carotenoids: Structure and Function in the Human Body. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46459-2_6

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