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Investigations of carotenoids in some animals of the Adriatic Sea V. Echinodermata

✍ Scribed by Bazyli Czeczuga

Publisher
Springer
Year
1977
Tongue
English
Weight
223 KB
Volume
54
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-5141

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✦ Synopsis

The author investigated the carotenoids in the Echinodermata from Adriatic sea by means of columnar and thin-layer chromatography .

The following carotenoids were identified :

-in Coscinasterias tenuispina : /3-carotene, isocryptoxanthin lutein, lutein-5, 6-epoxide, 4-hydroxy-4-keto-/3-carotene, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin and asterinacid .

-in Marthasierias glacialis : /3-carotene, echinenone, cryptoxanthin, lutein, lutein 5, 6-epoxide, 4-hydroxy-4-keto-/3-carotene, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin ester, astaxanthin and 3, 4-didehydro-a-carotene .

-in Paracentrotus lividus : /3-carotene, echinenone, cryptoxanthin, isocryptoxanthin, lutein, lutein-5, 6-epoxide, 4-hydroxy-4-keto-/3-carotene, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin, astaxanthin ester and asterinacid .

-in Sphaerechinus granularis: /3-carotene, echinenone, cryptoxanthin, lutein, lutein-5, 6-epoxide, astaxanthin and guaraxanthin .

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