The carotenoids in the integuments of
Siniperca scherzeri (Kouraiketsugyo in Japanese) which belongs to the division percichthyes and is a native fresh-water fish of the Republic of Korea were investigated.
Tunaxanthin believed to be a characteristic carotenoid of marine fish was a major carotenoid (35.1% of the total carotenoid) and consisted of eight stereoisomers
i.e. tunaxanthin A, B, C, D, E, G, H, and I. Therefore, the assumption that tunaxanthin might be a chemical indicator in the division percichthyes has been proved by the present investigation.
Lutein F was first isolated in fresh-water fish.
(6
R, 6'
R)-, (6
R, 6'
S: meso)-, and (6
S, 6'
S)-ε, ε-carotene-3, 3'-dione as a key intermediate in reductive metabolic pathway of astaxanthin to tunaxanthin in fish were isolated along with (3
R, 3'
R)-, (3
R, 3'
S:
meso)- and (3
S, 3'
S)-zeaxanthin, and (3
R, 3'
R)-, (3
R, 3'
S:
meso)-, and (3
S, 3'
S)-astaxanthin. Accordingly, the presence of the reductive metabolic pathways of three stereoisomers of astaxanthin into tunaxanthin A, B, C, D, E, G, H, and I
via three stereoisomers of zeaxanthin, and three stereoisomers of ε, ε-carotene-3, 3'-dione has been demonstrated in S.
scherzeri.
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