Table 2.

β-Apo-carotenoid levels in hearts of WT mice versus Bco1^−/− mice

	Chow			BC (1 mg)
	WT mice, pmol/g tissue	Bco1−/− mice, pmol/g tissue	P value	WT mice, pmol/g tissue	Bco1−/− mice, pmol/g tissue	P value
β-13-Carotenone	1.9 ± 0.3	2.0 ± 0.3	0.82	2 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 0.6	0.91
β-Apo-14′-carotenal	257 ± 43	289 ± 75	0.49	494 ± 114	349 ± 120	0.11
β-Apo-14′-carotenoic acid	463 ± 127	574 ± 82	0.16	564 ± 159	489 ± 70	0.38
β-Apo-12′-carotenal	12 ± 8.8	12 ± 4.1	0.94	58 ± 10	103 ± 23	0.02*
β-Apo-12′-carotenoic acid	404 ± 61	405 ± 62	0.99	390 ± 74	358 ± 76	0.55
β-Apo-10′-carotenal	17 ± 3.5	19 ± 8.0	0.61	33 ± 8.0	110 ± 28	0.009**
β-Apo-10′-carotenoic acid	18 ± 5.0	10 ± 3.5	0.04*	56 ± 16	85 ± 8.9	0.01*
β-Apo-8′-carotenal	3 ± 0.8	4.3 ± 1.2	0.20	10 ± 1.6	8.2 ± 1.6	0.17
β-Apo-8′-carotenoic acid	10 ± 4.1	21 ± 6.2	0.03*	52 ± 13	41 ± 7.6	0.19

Concentrations of compounds are provided as means ± SD. Significantly different from the corresponding concentration in WT mice:

^*P < 0.05;

^**P < 0.01.