Carotenoids in the cells of the alga Trentepohlia gobii Meyer

Bazyli Czeczuga, Oleg M. Maximov

Abstract


Column-, and thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the cells of the species Trentepohlia gobii Meyer from cobbles in the river Urmi in the Badzhal mountains of Khabarovsk Territory in the Far East: ß, ß-carotene, ß, ε-carotene, ß, ß-carotene-2-ol, ß, ε-carotene-2-ol, ß, ß-carotene-2, 2'-diol, 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-ß, ß-carotene-2-ol, 5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-ß, ε-carotene-2-ol and 5,6,5',6'-diepoxy-5,6,5',6'-tetrahydro-ß, ß-carotene-2,2'-diol.

Keywords


algae; Trentepohlia carotenoids

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.1996.041

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  • 2083-9480 (online)
  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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