Carotenoids in fish IV. Salmonidae and Thymallidae from Polish waters
✍ Scribed by B. Czeczuga
- Book ID
- 104620420
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 708 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-5141
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✦ Synopsis
The author investigated the presence of various carotenoids in the Salmonidae and Thymallidae family by means of columnar and thin-layer chromatography .
The investigations revealed the presence of the following carotenoids :
-in the muscles of Salmo salar : astaxanthin (pure and ester), canthaxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin .
-in the eggs of Salmo trutta m . trutta : #-carotene, iso-and zeaxanthin, lutein, taraxanthin and astaxanthin .
-in the eggs of Salmo trutta m . fario : #-carotene, canthaxanthin, 4-keto-4hydroxy-f -carotene, astaxanthin (pure and ester), lutein, taraxanthin and astacene .
-in the eggs of Salmo gairdneri : #-carotene, y-carotene (?), canthacanthin, isozeaxanthin, lutein and astaxanthin, and in the sperm Salmo gairdneri : fl-carotene, y-carotene (?), 4-keto-4-hydroxy-fl-carotene, canthaxanthin, lutein and astaxanthin .