The Claim

In cattle, increasing dietary beta-carotene from 0 to 352 mg/kg dry matter intake raises 15,15'-dioxygenase enzyme activity in the duodenum from 0.19 to 0.45 nmol retinal/(mg S-9 protein/h), and this activity remains lower than in goats at all doses.

Source: Low cleavage activity of 15,15'dioxygenase to convert beta-carotene to retinal in cattle compared with goats, is associated with the yellow pigmentation of adipose tissue.

What the research says

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In plain English

When cattle are fed more beta-carotene, their duodenal enzyme activity that converts beta-carotene to retinal increases from 0.19 to 0.45 nmol retinal per mg S-9 protein per hour, but this activity is consistently lower than in goats under the same feeding conditions.

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In cattle, increasing dietary beta-carotene from 0 to 352 mg/kg dry matter intake raises 15,15'-dioxygenase enzyme activity in the duodenum from 0.19 to 0.45 nmol retinal/(mg S-9 protein/h), but activity remains lower than in goats at all doses.

Why this might work

When cattle eat more beta-carotene, their gut enzyme that breaks it down becomes more active, but it still works much slower than in goats. This means less of the beta-carotene turns into retinal, so more of it stays in the body and colors the fat yellow.

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What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Low cleavage activity of 15,15'dioxygenase to convert beta-carotene to retinal in cattle compared with goats, is associated with the yellow pigmentation of adipose tissue.

    When cows eat more beta-carotene, their gut enzyme that breaks it down works a little harder, but it still works much slower than the same enzyme in goats. This is exactly what the study found.

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