1. Hypercarotenaemia or hypercarotenoidaemia.
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Chaparro RS, Carr E, and Barron JL
- Subjects
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Cryptoxanthins, Diet, Humans, Lutein blood, Lycopene, Pigmentation Disorders blood, Pigmentation Disorders etiology, Xanthophylls, Carotenoids blood, beta Carotene analogs & derivatives, beta Carotene blood
- Abstract
Background: Serum carotenoids consist of a variety of different compounds. Xanthoderma may result from an increased concentration of any of the carotenoids., Methods and Results: High-performance liquid chromatography of serum carotenoids shows that a normal chromatogram contains mainly beta-carotene, lutein and lycopene. Serum alpha- and beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin were found to be increased in the investigation of hypercarotenaemia., Conclusion: Patients presenting with possible xanthoderma should have a dietary history taken and serum sent for carotenoid analysis.
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- 2003
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