Investigations on carotenoids in Embryophyta. IV. The presence of apocarotenals in peatmosses | Zendy

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Investigations on carotenoids in Embryophyta. IV. The presence of apocarotenals in peatmosses

Author(s) -

B. Czeczuga

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

acta societatis botanicorum poloniae

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 2083-9480

pISSN - 0001-6977

DOI - 10.5586/asbp.1985.007

Subject(s) - carotenoid , neoxanthin , lutein , zeaxanthin , violaxanthin , botany , chemistry , food science , biology

By means of column and thin-layer chromatography, the author investigated tit presence of various carotenoids in stems of 3 species of the Sphagnum genus. Apocarotenals (β-apo-2', β-apo-10' -carotenal and apo-12' -violaxanthal) and the following carotenoids were found: α-, β-, ;-carotene, β-cryptoxantin, lutein, lutein epoxide, zeaxanthin, adonixanthin, antheroxanthin, rhodoxanthin, rubixanthin, neoxanthin, vio-laxanthin and mutatoxanthin. The total content of carotenoids ranged from 11.954 to 41.579 mg•g-1 dry weight

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