CAROTENOIDS IN SOME LICHENS FROM HAWAIIAN, OGASAWARA (BONIN) AND MARIANA ISLANDS (PACIFIC)
1997 年 81 巻 p. 263-271
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1997 年 81 巻 p. 263-271
Column and thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the thalli of 15 lichen species (21 specimens) from Hawaiian, Ogasawara (Bonin) and Mariana Islands: α-, γ-, ε-, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, rubixanthin, lutein, 3'-epilutein, zeaxanthin, idoxanthin, β-carotene monoepoxide, lutein epoxide, antheraxanthin, canthaxanthin, adonixanthin, astaxanthin, neoxanthin, violaxanthin, heteroxanthin, mutatoxanthin, rhodoxanthin, capsochrome, apo-12'-violaxanthal, fucoxanthinol, paracentrone, bixin, semi-β-carotenone and β-carotenone.
The total content of carotenoids ranged from 11.75 in Ramalina boninensis to 55.03 μg g-1 dry wt in Parmotrema cristiferum.
