title: Studies of the mechanism of action of the carotenoid crocetin.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: C487773:trans-sodium crocetinate; D014801:Vitamin A; D002338:Carotenoids; D010100:Oxygen