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Carotenoids DB: Aiphanes aculeata   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Aiphanes aculeata                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID 131249 Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; commelinids; Arecales; Arecaceae; Arecoideae; Cocoseae; Bactridinae; Aiphanes; Description Land plant: Aiphanes aculeata Willd., Aiphanes horrida is a palm native to northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. The fruit are rich in carotene and are eaten in Colombia, while the seeds are used to make candles.  (Secondary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00328  Zeaxanthin  (Ref.765)   References Ref.765 : Johant Lakey-Beitia, Deborah Doens, D Jagadeesh Kumar, Enrique Murillo, Patricia L Fernandez, KS Rao, Armando A Durant-Archibold1,  Clinical Interventions in Aging · May 2017, DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S134605,“Anti-amyloid aggregation activity of novel carotenoids: implications for Alzheimer’s drug discovery”    Search other references with Google Scholar