[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic promise of carotenoids as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents in neurodegenerative disorders

MT Kabir, MH Rahman, M Shah, MR Jamiruddin… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's
disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease, and multiple sclerosis have …

Plant carotenoids evolution during cultivation, postharvest storage, and food processing: A review

L Ngamwonglumlert, S Devahastin… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carotenoids in nature are predominantly C40 hydrocarbons that may contain oxygenated
functional groups. Although they are well‐recognized to exhibit key human health benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Light harvesting complexes in chlorophyll c-containing algae

C Büchel - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2020 - Elsevier
Besides the so-called 'green lineage'of eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms that include
vascular plants, a huge variety of different algal groups exist that also harvest light by means …

Accurate Singlet–Triplet Excited States Energy Gap Can Be Mastered by Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Calculations Based on a Dielectric-Screened …

R Khatri, BD Dunietz - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024 - ACS Publications
The energy gap between the lowest singlet and lowest triplet excited states of molecular
emitters is a key property affecting their thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation of triplet-triplet energy transfer photoprotective pathways in fucoxanthin chlorophyll-binding proteins across algal lineages

A Agostini, D Bína, D Carbonera, R Litvín - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
Detailed information on the photo-generated triplet states of diatom and haptophyte
Fucoxanthin Chlorophyll-binding Proteins (FCPs and E-FCPs, respectively) have been …

Carotenoid responds to excess energy dissipation in the LH2 complex from Rhodoblastus acidophilus

I Šímová, V Kuznetsova, AT Gardiner, V Šebelík… - Photosynthesis …, 2022 - Springer
The functions of both (bacterio) chlorophylls and carotenoids in light-harvesting complexes
have been extensively studied during the past decade, yet, the involvement of BChl a high …

Unraveling the electronic origin of a special feature in the triplet-minus-singlet spectra of carotenoids in natural photosystems

A Migliore, S Corni, A Agostini… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The influence of carotenoid triplet states on the Qy electronic transitions of chlorophylls has
been observed in experiments on light-harvesting complexes over the past three decades …

Singlet oxygen feedback delayed fluorescence of protoporphyrin IX in organic solutions

IS Vinklárek, M Scholz, R Dědic, J Hála - Photochemical & Photobiological …, 2017 - Springer
Delayed fluorescence (DF) of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) has been recently proposed as a tool
for monitoring of mitochondrial oxygen tension in vivo as well as for observation of the …

[HTML][HTML] Distance measurements in peridinin-chlorophyll a-protein by light-induced PELDOR spectroscopy. Analysis of triplet state localization

M Di Valentin, MG Dal Farra, L Galazzo… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Triplet-triplet energy transfer from chlorophylls to carotenoids is the mechanism underlying
the photoprotective role played by carotenoids in many light harvesting complexes, during …

Quenching of chlorophyll triplet states by carotenoids in algal light-harvesting complexes related to fucoxanthin-chlorophyll protein

P Khoroshyy, D Bína, Z Gardian, R Litvín, J Alster… - Photosynthesis …, 2018 - Springer
We have used time-resolved absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy with nanosecond
resolution to study triplet energy transfer from chlorophylls to carotenoids in a protective …