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Studies of the mechanism of action of the carotenoid crocetin

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The carotenoid crocetin was found to be taken up by normal rat muscle cells grown in vitro, and was found in the ribosomal-microsomal fraction, supporting the hypothesis that crocetin affects cell division enzymatic processes.

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  1. E. S. Wilkins

    Present address: Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, The University of New Mexico, 87131, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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  1. Department of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby 2, B. C., (Canada)

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Wilkins, E.S., Wilkins, M.G. Studies of the mechanism of action of the carotenoid crocetin. Experientia 35, 84–86 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01917893

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