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Chapter 20
Carotenoids as Functional Bioactive
Compounds
Ahmed Olatunde, Habibu Tijjani, Ahmed Adebayo Ishola,
Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Sadia Hassan, and Muhammad Akram
Abbreviations
Akt/PKB
Activated tyrosine kinases/protein kinase B
ALBP
Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein
AP2
Adipose protein 2
C/EBPα
CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha
C/EBPβ
CCAAT enhancer binding protein beta
cGMP
Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
COX 2
Cyclooxygenase 2
CPT1B
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I
ERK1/2
Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2
A. Olatunde
Department of Biochemistry, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
H. Tijjani (*)
Department of Biochemistry, Natural Product Research Laboratory, Bauchi State University,
Gadau, Nigeria
A. A. Ishola
Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
C. Egbuna
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra State, Nigeria
Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence,
Centre for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR),
University of Port-Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
S. Hassan
Institute of Home and Food Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences,
Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Food Processing Centre, Department of Food Science and Technology,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebras, USA
M. Akram
Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan