Beta-Carotene
Catalog No: CFN98117
Beta Carotene is an organic compound and classified as a terpenoid. It is a precursor (inactive form) of vitamin A. Beta-Carotene has antioxidant activity, anti-cancer, and antiapoptotic activities, it has protective effects against gamma-radiation-induced in vivo chromosomal damage. Dietary supplementation of carotenoids may act as moderate hypocholesterolemic agents, secondary to their inhibitory effect on macrophage 3-hydroxy-3-methyl glutaryl coenzyme A (HMGCoA) reductase, the rate limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis.
beta-Estradiol
Catalog No: CFN90035
Estradiol, or more precisely, 17β-estradiol, is a human sex hormone and steroid, and the primary female sex hormone. Beta-estradiol has been considered to be a neurotrophic agent, beta-estradiol at a dose of 0.25 microg/day prevents ischemia-induced learning disability and neuronal loss at early stages after transient forebrain ischemia, possibly via a receptor-mediated pathway without attenuating free radical neurotoxicity.