Investigations on carotenoids in lichens. XXII. Lichens from the Upper Tracja Valley (Bulgaria)

Bazyli Czeczuga

Abstract


Column and thin-layer chromatography were used to study the occurrence of various carotenoids in 17 lichen, species collected in the Upper Tracja Valley in Bulgaria. The following carotenoids were found: lycoxanthin, lycophyll, α-, β-carotene, rubixanthin, α-, β-cryptoxanthin, lutein, lutein epoxide, β-carotene epoxide, zeaxanthin, antheraxanthin, canthaxanthin, adonixanthin, α-doradexanthin, phoenicoxanthin, mutatochrome, mutato-xanthin, diatoxanthin and neoxanthin. The total carotenoid contents ranged from 5.737 (Peltigera horizontalis) to 63.659 µg g-1 dry weight (Xanthoria perietina).

Keywords


lichens; carotenoids

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.1988.042

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