THE INFILTRATION OF CAROTENOIDS INTO HUMAN ATHEROMAS AND XANTHOMAS
Authors: David H. Blankenhorn
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 November 1960THE INFILTRATION OF CAROTENOIDS INTO HUMAN ATHEROMAS AND XANTHOMASDAVID H. BLANKENHORN, M.D.DAVID H. BLANKENHORN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-5-944 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCarotenoids are lipids which are usually colored either red or yellow. In figure 1, the distinguishing characteristics of the carotenoid molecule are illustrated by the specific carotenoid lycopene. Common to all carotenoids is a long central carbon chain which contains a sequence of periodic double bonds and methyl side groups. In certain carotenoids, the ends of this chain are closed rings. Other carotenoids have a hydroxyl group attached to the terminal ring, and may occur in nature either as the free carotenoid alcohol or as the ester of a fatty acid. Carotenoids occur in human tissue as a result of...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication May 23, 1960.Presented at the Forty-first Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 5, 1960.From the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to David H. Blankenhorn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 33, California. 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