Carotenoprotein complexes from Hydrocorals

• Authors: B. Czeczuga , L.G. Florez , H. Chomutowska , E. Czeczuga-Semeniuk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A carotenoprotein containing zeaxanthin, canthaxanthin, and astaxanthin as the prosthetic group was purified from the carotenoid-calcium carbonate complex of aragonite skeleton of 8 taxa (genus Millepora and Stylaster) of the hydrocorals from the Caribbean Sea.

Keywords

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ASTAXANTHIN; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOPROTEIN; HYDROCORAL; ZEAXANTHIN

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Publisher: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia Biologica
• Year: 1999
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 1-4

Contributors

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B. Czeczuga

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L.G. Florez

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H. Chomutowska

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E. Czeczuga-Semeniuk

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: B. Czeczuga, Department of General Biology, Medical University, Kilinskiego 1, 15-230 Bialystok, Poland