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. 2023 Aug 15;20:34. doi: 10.1186/s12986-023-00750-3

Table 2.

(A) Concentrations of ATBC and 9CBC in human serum, breast milk and further analyzed organs. (B) Selected examples of ATBC and 9CBC as present in fruits and vegetables

(A) ATBC (nM) 9CBC (nM) % of 9CBCa
Serum 131/275/703b UDLb
420 (120–890)c 0–4 c,d 0–1c,d
Liver 1400/1600/7300b 400/600/2100b 22/27/22
3020 (160–8620)c 1162c,d 28 c,d
Kidney 550 (80–2031)c 177c,d 24 c,d
Adrenals 1800/2000/4400b 100/100/300b 5/5/6
5600 (680–31,830)c 988c,d 15 c,d
Testes 2680 (750–4770)c 670c,d 29c,d
Prostate 480 ± 0.06e 380 ± 0.06e  ~ 44
Breast milk 916f 24f  ~ 3
(B) Dry weight in µg/g Fresh wet weight in µg/g % 9CBC of total BC fresh weightm
ATBC 9CBC ATBC 9CBC
Fruits
 Peacho 2.2 0.3 12
 Apricotsn 16.0g 4.4g 2.0 0.6 23
 Papayan 10.6h 7.0 1.9 1.3 41
Vegetables/root vegetables
 Pumpkinn 9.7i 2.7 0.6 0.2 28
 Sweet potatop 38.2 1.5 4
 Tomatoo 71.0 4.8 6
 Carrotsn 1030j 57.1j 117 6.5 5
Leafy vegetables
 Lettucen 104k 41.0k 5.0 2.0 29
 Broccolio 29.2 5.0 15
 Kaleq 59.4 14.1 19
 Spinacho 311.9 38.6 11
Calculated total average for fruits and vegetable 18
Algae with no direct food relevance
 Dunaliella salinan 38,500 37,800 l l 50

(A) (a) The percentage of ATBC and 9CBC of total BC; (b) Stahl et al. [148]; (c) Stahl et al. [149]; with (d) approx. calculations of 9CBC concentrations based on the displayed figures; (e) Clinton et al. [150]; (f) Johnson et al. [151]; UDL - under detection limit. (B) Individual dry weight listed as (g) 12.6% (n), (h) 18.3% (n), (i) 6.2% (n); (j) 11.3% (n), (k) 4.8% (n), (l) not calculated because the wet algae and thereby the weight of these algae are not of nutritional relevance. (m) total BC = ATBC + 9CBC; (n) Ben-Amotz and Fishler [152], (o) Khoo et al. [153], (p) Berni et al. [154], (q) Murador et al. [155]