The present invention relates to carotenoid-oxygen copolymers, compositions, methods of identifying and quantifying carotenoid-oxygen copolymers in food and related sources, and methods of producing compositions comprising same. In one aspect the method of identifying and quantifying carotenoid-oxygen copolymers comprises an analysis of a low molecular weight marker compound in said sources. In another aspect the present invention provides a method of preparing compositions comprising said carotenoid-oxygen copolymers and/or enhancing levels of said copolymers in food sources in a sufficient and practically useful concentration to have beneficial effects in animals and humans, including beneficial immunological and health effects.
本发明涉及类
胡萝卜素-氧共聚物、组合物、识别和定量食品及相关来源中的类
胡萝卜素-氧共聚物的方法,以及生产包含同类聚物的组合物的方法。在一方面,识别和定量类
胡萝卜素-氧共聚物的方法包括在所述来源中分析低分子量标记化合物。在另一方面,本发明提供了一种制备包含所述类
胡萝卜素-氧共聚物和/或增加食品来源中所述共聚物
水平的方法,使其在动物和人类中具有有益的免疫和健康效果的足够和实用的浓度。