A New Carotenoid from Laetiporus sulphureus
- 1 November 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 33 (5) , 879-882
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a084333
Abstract
A novel carotenoid carboxylic acid with the trivial name laetiporxanthin has been identified in Laetiporus sulphureus. It is insoluble in n-hexane, petroleum ether, and carbon disulphide and very soluble in acid and alkaline methanol. Its absorption maximum in acid methanol is 448, 474 nm. Its value as a taxonomic marker is discussed.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: