Carotinoide
Vegetables and fruit contain not only important nutrients, but also valuable secondary plant substances such as carotenoids, which are fat-soluble color pigments. The best known is beta-carotene, which is converted in the body into vitamin A. astaxanthin, lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin are also well known to most people. Plants produce them as protection, but they also have valuable properties for humans and serve, for example, as natural antioxidants.
