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CA00230  Myxol 2'-rhamnoside Photoprotective pigment - possible outer membrane-bound UV-B photoprotector (Ref.497).    CA00309  β-Carotene Photoprotective agent (Ref.451).    CA00310  (15Z)-β-Carotene Photoprotective agent. The 15Z configuration of β-carotene is selectively located in the reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides G1C (Ref.499, Ref.500).    CA00324  Diatoxanthin Photoprotective activity (Ref.429).    CA00328  Zeaxanthin Photoprotective activity - protective against UV light irradiation-induced lipid peroxidation (Ref.488, Ref.428).    CA00404  Diadinoxanthin Photoprotective activity (Ref.429).    CA00407  Antheraxanthin Photoprotective activity (Ref.428).    CA00416  Violaxanthin Photoprotective activity (Ref.428).    CA00462  Echinenone Photoprotective pigment - possible outer membrane-bound UV-B photoprotector (Ref.497).    CA00519  Fucoxanthin Photoprotective activity - protective effect of UV-B induced cell damage (Ref.496).    CA00597  Lutein Photoprotective activity - protective against UV light irradiation-induced lipid peroxidation (Ref.488).    CA00923  Bacterioruberin Photoprotective activity - resist oxidative DNA damage from UV irradiation (Ref.577, Ref.578). Ref.497 : Ehling-Schulz, Bilger W, Scherer S., J Bacteriol. 1997 Mar;179(6):1940-5., "UV-B-induced synthesis of photoprotective pigments and extracellular polysaccharides in the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune.". Ref.451 : Moshell AN, Bjornson L., J Invest Dermatol. 1977 Mar;68(3):157-60., "Photoprotection in erythropoietic protoporphyria: mechanism of photoprotection by beta carotene.". Ref.499 : Yasushi Koyama, Mariko Kito, Tomoko Takii, Kayoko Saiki, Kiyoshi Tsukida, Jinpei Yamashita, Bioenergetics, Volume 680, Issue 2, 19 May 1982, Pages 109–118, "Configuration of the carotenoid in the reaction centers of photosynthetic bacteria. Comparison of the resonance Raman spectrum of the reaction center of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides G1C with those of cis-trans isomers of β-carotene". Ref.500 : Koyama Yasushi, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, Volume 9, Issues 3–4, June 1991, Pages 265–280, "New trends in photobiology: Structures and functions of carotenoids in photosynthetic systems". Ref.429 : Reimund Goss, Elizabeth Ann Pinto, Christian Wilhelm, Michael Richter, Journal of Plant Physiology, Volume 163, Issue 10, 5 October 2006, Pages 1008–1021, "The importance of a highly active and ΔpH-regulated diatoxanthin epoxidase for the regulation of the PS II antenna function in diadinoxanthin cycle containing algae". Ref.488 : Palombo P1, Fabrizi G, Ruocco V, Ruocco E, Fluhr J, Roberts R, Morganti P., Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2007;20(4):199-210. Epub 2007 Apr 19., "Beneficial long-term effects of combined oral/topical antioxidant treatment with the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin on human skin: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.". Ref.428 : Peter Jahns, Dariusz Latowski, Kazimierz Strzalka, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1787 (2009) 3–14, "Mechanism and regulation of the violaxanthin cycle: The role of antenna proteins and membrane lipids". Ref.496 : Soo-Jin Heoa, You-Jin Jeon, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, Volume 95, Issue 2, 4 May 2009, Pages 101–107, "Protective effect of fucoxanthin isolated from Sargassum siliquastrum on UV-B induced cell damage". Ref.577 : Shahmohammadi, H.R.; Asgarani, E.; Terato, H.; Saito, T.; Ohyama, Y.; Gekko, K.; Yamamoto, O.; Ide, H. Protective roles of bacterioruberin and intracellular KCl in the resistance of Halobacterium salinarium against DNA-damaging agents. J. Radiat. Res. 1998, 39, 251–262.. Ref.578 : Kottemann, M.; Kish, A.; Iloanusi, C.; Bjork, S.; DiRuggiero, J. Physiological responses of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium sp. strain NRC1 to desiccation and gamma irradiation. Extremophiles 2005, 9, 219–227..

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