One last thing, the absorption efficiency of carotenoids decreases as the amount of dietary carotenoids increases.

最后一点是，类胡萝卜吸收效率随着饮食中类胡萝卜摄入升高而降低。

She says that yolk color is mainly caused by the carotenoids that chickens eat.

她说蛋黄颜色主要是由鸡吃类胡萝卜。

Carotenoids like beta-carotene have their own functions other than just conversion to Vitamin A.

β-胡萝卜之类类胡萝卜除了能转化为维生 A 以外还有其它功能。

Red and purple hues stem from secondary pigments called anthocyanins, while carotenoids and xanthophylls yield oranges and yellows, respectively.

红色紫色色调来自花青辅助色，而类胡萝卜叶黄分别产生橙色黄色。

Carotenoids are a natural coloring in plants.

类胡萝卜是植物中天然色。

Their color, which actually ranges from red to purple, comes from pigments like carotenoids, which they use to capture light energy.

它们颜色，实际上从红色到紫色不，来自类胡萝卜色，它们用来捕捉光能。

Carotenoids, along with polyphenols like EGCG in green tea, offer natural sun protection.

类胡萝卜与绿茶中 EGCG 酚一提供天然防晒保护。

Carotenoids and polyphenols accumulate in skin and absorb sunlight of various wavelengths, according to Farris.

Farris 表示， 类胡萝卜酚会积聚在皮肤中并吸收各种波长阳光。

The algae produces pigment compounds called carotenoids that help it absorb sunlight, and also make it look reddish-pink.

藻类会产生称为类胡萝卜色化合物，帮助它吸收阳光，并使它看来呈红粉色。

Spoonbills are ingesting the carotenoid  a red pigment called canthaxanthin, which can be found in shrimp, crustaceans,   and algae.

琵鹭正在摄取类胡萝卜，一种叫做角黄红色，存在于虾、甲壳类动物藻类中。

You might know this thanks to flamingos: They're born gray, but turn pink thanks to pigments called carotenoids in crustaceans they eat.

它们出生时候是灰色，但是由于它们食用甲壳纲动物体内叫做类胡萝卜东西变成了粉色。

The yellow and orange stone fruits such as peaches are high in the carotenoids we turn into vitamin A and which are antioxidants.

黄色橙色核果类水果中类胡萝卜含量很高，如桃子，这些类胡萝卜会转变成维他命 A，具有抗氧化作用。

Carrots have other carotenoids, but for beta carotene, you'd actually absorb about 7 times more beta-carotene if you took it suspended in oil.

胡萝卜中还有其它类胡萝卜，如果油一同食用 β-胡萝卜吸收率可提高七倍。

While carotenoids are present in most green plants, they only become visible each fall when chlorophyll gets broken down to save energy for the winter.

然而，类胡萝卜在大数绿色植物中都有，它们只有在叶绿都分解掉之后才能看见从而为度过冬天保存能量。

There are over 1,100 types of carotenoids, pigments which absorb high energy blue and green light, while leaving behind the lower energy red and yellow light.

有超过 1100 种类胡萝卜，这是一种吸收高能量蓝光绿光，而留下低能量红、黄光色。

Sweet potatoes and spinach are rich in beta carotene, another carotenoid that helps decrease redness in skin when it is exposed to UV light.

红薯菠菜富含 β 胡萝卜，这是另一种类胡萝卜， 有助于减少暴露在紫外线下皮肤发红。

This is because carrots don't contain Vitamin A but a carotenoid called beta carotene which is a “provitamin” — a substance that can be converted into a vitamin.

因为胡萝卜所含并不是维生 A，而是一种叫做β-胡萝卜类胡萝卜，它是一种“维生原”，一种可以转化成维生物质。

Those on short-term organic diets do show higher levels of carotenoids, polyphenols, Vitamin C and E, LDL cholesterol, antioxidant activity, immune system markers, and ever higher semen quality.

那些短期内食用有机食品人确实体内含有更类胡萝卜、酚、维生 C E、低密度脂蛋白胆固醇、抗氧化活性、免疫系统标记，以及更高精液质量。

So, it makes sense that this research from Ohio state found that avocado is a good way to help absorb carotenoids like beta-carotene and convert them to Vitamin A.

因此，俄亥俄州这项研究发现言之有理，是说，牛油果有助于类胡萝卜（如β-胡萝卜）吸收并将其转化为维生 A。

The cardinal's bright red comes from carotenoids, the same pigments that make carrots orange, while the black of its face is from melanin, the pigment that colors our hair and skin.

比如它们身上鲜红色来自类胡萝卜，类胡萝卜可以让胡萝卜呈橘色，在比如它们脸上黑色来自黑色，我们头发皮肤中就有黑色。