Carotenoids in Some Lichen Species from Ireland
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Lichenologist
- Vol. 21 (4) , 363-367
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282989000605
Abstract
Column and thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the thalli of seven lichen species from Ireland: α-carotene, β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, lutein, 3'-epilutein, adonixanthin, α-doradexanthin, canthaxanthin, astaxanthin, antheraxanthin, lutein epoxide, neoxanthin and violaxanthin. The total content of carotenoids ranged from 11.9 μg g−1 dry wt in Menegazzia terebrata to 21·3 μg g−1 dry wt in Usnea rubicunda.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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