Beta-carotene is one of the pigments in a group of red, orange, and yellow pigments called carotenoids.
Beta-carotene and other carotenoids provide about 50% of the vitamin A needed in the American diet.
Beta-carotene is used to decrease symptoms of exercise-induced asthma; to prevent certain cancers.
Serves to treat heart disease, cataracts, and senile macular degeneration (AMD)
Beta-carotene is also used in malnourished women to decrease the chances of death and night blindness during pregnancy, as well as for diarrhea and fever after giving birth.
