A REVIEW OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF MICROALGAL CAROTENOIDS AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE IN HEALTHCARE AND COSMETIC INDUSTRIES

A Review of the Biological Activities of Microalgal Carotenoids and Their Potential Use in Healthcare and Cosmetic Industries

Carotenoids are natural pigments that play pivotal roles in many physiological functions.The characteristics of carotenoids, their effects on health, and the cosmetic benefits of their curve-novelties usage have been under investigation for a long time; however, most reviews on this subject focus on carotenoids obtained from several microalgae, veg

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Diurnal Serianthes nelsonii Merr. leaflet paraheliotropism reduces leaflet temperature, relieves photoinhibition, and alters nyctinastic behavior

The diel cycle of Serianthes nelsonii leaflet movements was characterized under four levels of shade from full sun to 22% sunlight transmission to determine the photoprotective components of diurnal leaflet movements and the relationship to patterns of nocturnal leaflet movements.Treatments also included negating paraheliotropism by re-orienting pl

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A guide to unsupervised image segmentation of mCT-scanned cellular metals with mixture modelling and Markov random fields

Characterising the structure of cellular metals is a difficult task.The internal structure of cellular metals can be determined using micro-computed tomography (mCT).However, mCT scanning provides digital images in greyscale with various problematic artefacts.In addition, the grey intensity Quilted Padded Shirts of cellular metals usually varies gr

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