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CAROTENOIDS OF EDIBLE MOLLUSCS; A REVIEW
Author(s) -
KANTHA SACHI SRI
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1989.tb00410.x
Subject(s) - carotenoid , biology , mollusca , zoology , botany
This review focuses on the studies reported on carotenoids of edible molluscs in the 1980s. Following an introduction to edible molluscs, it covers the literature published in areas such as localization of carotenoids, sources of carotenoids for molluscs, functions of carotenoids in molluscs and prospective biotechnological uses of carotenoids.