title: Hydrophilic carotenoids: recent progress.
abstract: Carotenoids are substantially hydrophobic antioxidants. Hydrophobicity is this context is rather a disadvantage, because their utilization in medicine as antioxidants or in food chemistry as colorants would require some water dispersibility for their effective uptake or use in many other ways. In the past 15 years several attempts were made to synthetize partially hydrophilic carotenoids. This review compiles the recently synthetized hydrophilic carotenoid derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, University of Pécs, Medical School, Szigeti út 12, H-7624 Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: Magdolna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Háda
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deli
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agócs
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D006027:Glycosides; D012492:Salts; D014867:Water; D002338:Carotenoids; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols