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Carotenoids in Some Lichen Species from Ireland*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2007
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.
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Part 23 in the series ‘Investigations on Carotenoids in Lichens’.
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Part 23 in the series ‘Investigations on Carotenoids in Lichens’.
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