A comparative study of carotenoids in Papilio SPP
| Autor: | L. R. G. Valadon, Rosemary S. Mummery |
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| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Food plant Astaxanthin formation biology Physiology organic chemicals food and beverages macromolecular substances General Medicine Papilio biology.organism_classification Biochemistry biological factors Chlorella chemistry Botany polycyclic compounds Artemia salina Molecular Biology Carotenoid |
| Zdroj: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry. 61:371-374 |
| ISSN: | 0305-0491 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0305-0491(78)90139-6 |
| Popis: | 1. 1. The carotenoids of pupae of two closely related genera were investigated. The European and Canadian species contained their food plant carotenoids unchanged whereas the Chinese and Japanese ones converted their food carotenoids to keto- and other more oxidized compounds. 2. 2. The carotenoids found in these various species follow the scheme suggested for astaxanthin formation in Artemia salina and its food plant the alga Chlorella. 3. 3. The presence of keto-carotenoids in certain Papilio species is not a very useful taxonomic character since they do not all contain these compounds. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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