NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
Online ISSN : 1349-998X
Print ISSN : 0021-5392
ISSN-L : 0021-5392
The Biosynthesis of Astaxanthin-IV
The Carotenoids in the Prawn, Penaeus japonicus Bate (Part 1)
Teruhisa KATAYAMA, Kenji HIRATA, C. O. CHICHESTER
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1971 Volume 37 Issue 7 Pages 614-620

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Abstract

1. Besides astaxanthin, the presence of β-carotene, echinenone, canthaxanthin, dihy-droxy-pirardixanthin ester, phoenicoxanthin was confirmed in prawn.
2. A possible metabolic pathway from β-carotene to astaxanthin is proposed, and its sequence ist hus suggested: β-carotene→echinenone→canthaxanthin→phoenicoxanthin→astaxanthin.

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