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Organism name
Euglena gracilis                                Find images with Google
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Description ユーグレナ藻類 : 紅藻植物を取り込んだ二次光合成生物  (カロテノイドの一次生産者)                              English
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 CA00191  γ-Carotene (Ref.37)
 

 CA00309  β-Carotene (Ref.37, Ref.38, Ref.40)
 

 CA00322  β-Cryptoxanthin (Ref.37, Ref.38)
 

 CA00324  Diatoxanthin (Ref.38, Ref.8)
 

 CA00348  Heteroxanthin (Ref.39, Ref.590)
 

 CA00404  Diadinoxanthin (Ref.38, Ref.8)
 

 CA00410  Mutatoxanthin (Ref.37)
 

 CA00407  Antheraxanthin (Ref.37)
 

 CA00414  Neoxanthin (Ref.37, Ref.8)
 

 CA00422  (9'Z)-Neoxanthin (Ref.14)
 

 CA00462  Echinenone (Ref.37, Ref.38, Ref.40, Ref.8)
 

 CA00468  3-Oxoechinenone (Ref.37, Ref.40)
 

 CA00471  Canthaxanthin (Ref.38, Ref.8)
 

 CA00474  (3S)-3-Hydroxyechinenone (Ref.37)
 

References
  • Ref.37 : N. I. Krinsky, and T. H. Goldsmith, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 91, 271-279 (1960), "The Carotenoids of the Flagellated Alga, Euglena gracilis"
  • Ref.38 : D. V. Heelis, W. Kernick, G. O. Philips, and K. Davies, Arch. Microbiol. 121, 207-211 (1979), "Separation and Identification of the Carotenoid Pigments of Stigmata Isolated from Light Grown Cells of Euglena gracilis Strain Z"
  • Ref.40 : 細谷圭助、北岡正三郎、日本栄養•食糧学会誌 Vol. 37, No. 6, 519-524, 1984 「Euglena gracilis Z　におけるプロビタミンAの高速液体クロマトグラフによる定量および培養条件による変動」
  • Ref.8 : L. Schlueter, T. L. Lauridsen, G. Krogh, and Joergensen, Freshwater Biology, 2006, 51, 1474-1485 " Identification and quantification of phytoplankton groups in lakes using new pigment ratios – a comparison between pigment analysis by HPLC and microscopy"
  • Ref.39 : H. Nitsche, Arch. Mikrobiol. 90, 151-155 (1973), "Heteroxanthin in Euglena gracilis"
  • Ref.590 : Richard Buchecker, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen, Phytochemistry, Volume 16, Issue 6, 1977, Pages 729-733, "Absolute configuration of heteroxanthin and diadinoxanthin"
  • Ref.14 : S. Tkaichi, and M. Mimuro, Plant Cell Physiol. 39(9): 968-977 (1998) "Distribution and Geometric Isomerism of Neoxanthin in Oxygenic Phototrophs: 9'-Cis, a Sole Molecular Form"

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