To study the oxidative degradation of p-carotene to vitamin A in the animal body, a number of possible intermediates have been prepared. Starting with 15,15′-dehydro-β-apo-12′-carotenal(C25) vinylogous series of polyene aldehydes and acetates with 25 to 40 carbon atoms have been synthesized by successive enol ether condensations. The synthetic β-apo-8′-carotenal(C30) and β-apo-8′-carotenal(C30) were
Correlation of fluorescence quenching in carotenoporphyrin dyads with the energy of intramolecular charge transfer states. Effect of the number of conjugated double bonds of the carotenoid moiety
作者:Fernando Fungo、Luis Otero、Edgardo Durantini、William J. Thompson、Juana J. Silber、Thomas A. Moore、Ana L. Moore、Devens Gust、Leonides Sereno
DOI:10.1039/b209694c
日期:2003.1.16
The electrochemistry of a series of non-symmetric synthetic carotenoids, with different conjugated double bounds chain lengths (5 to 11) is reported. The values of the first oxidation potentials of the carotenoids were evaluated by digital simulation of the experimental cyclic voltammograms. There is a clear relationship between calculated (AM1) HOMO energies of neutral carotenoids with their conjugated chain length, indicating that the change of solvation energy of carotenoids is small throughout the series, and that the electron-donating ability of carotenoids increases with the length of the conjugated chain. Carotenoids had been previously used to design carotenoporphyrin (C–P) molecular dyads. Carotenoid oxidation potentials and the reduction potential of the porphyrin moiety were used in order to calculate the energy of intramolecular charge transfer state in C–P dyads. Correlation of porphyrin fluorescence quenching of these dyads with the energy of the charge transfer state is reported, showing that effective quenching is only possible for carotenoids with more than eight conjugated double bonds.
Schwieter,U. et al., Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1966, vol. 49, p. 369 - 390
作者:Schwieter,U. et al.
DOI:——
日期:——
Carotenoid Photoprotection in Artificial Photosynthetic Antennas
作者:Miroslav Kloz、Smitha Pillai、Gerdenis Kodis、Devens Gust、Thomas A. Moore、Ana L. Moore、Rienk van Grondelle、John T. M. Kennis
DOI:10.1021/ja1103553
日期:2011.5.11
A series of phthalocyanine carotenoid dyads in which a phenylamino group links a phthalocyanine to carotenoids having 8-11 backbone double bonds were examined by visible and near-infrared femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy combined with global fitting analysis. The series of molecules has permitted investigation of the role of carotenoids in the quenching of excited states of cyclic tetrapyrroles. The transient behavior varied dramatically with the length of the carotenoid and the solvent environment. Clear spectroscopic signatures of radical species revealed photoinduced electron transfer as the main quenching mechanism for all dyads dissolved in a polar solvent (THF), and the quenching rate was almost independent of carotenoid length. However, in a nonpolar solvent (toluene), quenching rates displayed a strong dependence on the conjugation length of the carotenoid and the mechanism did not include charge separation. The lack of any rise time components of a carotenoid S-1 signature in all experiments in toluene suggests that an excitonic coupling between the carotenoid S-1 state and phthalocyanine Q state, rather than a conventional energy transfer process, is the major mechanism of quenching. A pronounced inhomogeneity of the system was observed and attributed to the presence of a phenyl-amino linker between phthalocyanine and carotenoids. On the basis of accumulated work on various caroteno phthalocyanine dyads and triads, we have now identified three mechanisms of tetrapyrrole singlet excited state quenching by carotenoids in artificial systems: (i) Car Pc electron transfer and recombination; (ii)(1) Pc to Car S-1 energy transfer and fast internal conversion to the Car ground state; (iii) excitonic coupling between Pc-1 and Car S-1 and ensuing internal conversion to the ground state of the carotenoid. The dominant mechanism depends upon the exact molecular architecture and solvent environment. These synthetic systems are providing a deeper understanding of structural and environmental effects on the interactions between carotenoids and tetrapyrroles and thereby better defining their role in controlling natural photosynthetic systems.
CAROTENOID PARTICLES AND USES THEREOF
申请人:IP SCIENCE LIMITED
公开号:US20170304448A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-26
This invention relates to the incorporation of bioactive cargo molecules into particles with carotenoids, such as lycopene. The incorporation of a cargo molecule into a carotenoid particle may for example increase the bioavailability of the cargo molecule in the bloodstream compared to other delivery systems. Carotenoid particles as described herein may be useful in the formulation of therapeutic and nutritional compounds for oral administration to individuals.