Studies of the mechanism of action of the carotenoid crocetin.
The carotenoid crocetin was found to be taken up by normal rat muscle cells grown in vitro, and was found in the ribosomal-microsomal fraction, supporting the hypothesis that crocetin affects cell division enzymatic processes.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010100:Oxygen / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
C487773:trans-sodium crocetinate; D014801:Vitamin A; D002338:Carotenoids; D010100:Oxygen