Sentences with phrase «occurring plant pigments»
Rocheford, a plant geneticist at Purdue, drew the attention of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for his research on variations affecting provitamin A carotenoids — naturally occurring plant pigments that our bodies can convert to vitamin A — in maize.
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If you're already saying «oh, kale yes» to dark leafy greens on a daily basis, here's more good news: Besides being packed with nutrients, foods like kale, spinach, and collard greens, also contain lutein, which are carotenoids, a naturally occurring pigment in some plants, reports a study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience last December.