Betekenis van:
lutein
lutein
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- yellow carotenoid pigments in plants and animal fats and egg yolks
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- E 161b LUTEIN
- Alpha-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin may be present.
- Lutein may contain fats, oils and waxes naturally occurring in the plant material.
- Content of total colouring matter not less than 4 % calculated as lutein
- The main colouring principle consists of carotenoids of which lutein and its fatty acid esters account for the major part.
- The main colouring principle consists of carotenoids of which beta-carotene accounts for the major part. Alpha-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and beta-cryptoxanthin may be present.
- Lutein is obtained by solvent extraction of the natural strains of edible fruits and plants, grass, lucerne (alfalfa) and tagetes erecta.
- Variable amounts of carotenes will also be present. Lutein may contain fats, oils and waxes naturally occurring in the plant material.
- The main colouring principle consists of carotenoids of which lutein and its fatty acid esters account for the major part. Variable amounts of carotenes will also be present.