CAROTENOID AND INDOLIC BIOCHROMES OF ANIMALS

1 June 1947

journal article
review article
Published by Annual Reviews in Annual Review of Biochemistry

Vol. 16 (1) , 443-470
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.bi.16.070147.002303

Abstract

A review of literature relating to the occurrence and distribution of carotenoids in various living forms discussed phylum by phylum. There are shorter sections on indigoids, melanins and schemochromes.

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