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Organism name
Extatosoma tiaratum                                Find images with Google
NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Insect: giant prickly stick insect  (Secondary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

 CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00321  2-Hydroxy-β-carotene 
 

 CA00373  (2R,2'S)-2,2'-Dihydroxy-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00374  (2S,2'S)-2,2'-Dihydroxy-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00327  2,2'-Dihydroxy-β-carotene  (Ref.22)
 

 CA00460  2-Keto-3,4-dehydro-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00461  2-Keto-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00463  Tetradehydro-2,2,diketo-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00470  2,2'-Diketo-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00467  2'-Hydroxy-2-keto-3,4-didehydro-β-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00472  2-Keto-2'-hydroxy-β-carotene 
 

 CA00587  α-Carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00591  2-Hydroxy-α-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

 CA00634  2-Keto-α-carotene  (Ref.308)
 

References
  • Ref.308 : Kayser, Hartmut, Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung, C: Journal of Biosciences (1981), 36C(9-10), 755-64., "Carotenoids in the stick insect, Ectatosoma tiaratum. Isolation of β,ε-carotene-2-ol and β,ε-carotene-2-one"
  • Ref.22 : H. Kayser, K. Aareskjold, G. Borch, S. Liaaen-Jensen, Inct Biochem. Insect Biochemistry, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 51–54, "Partly racemized 2-hydroxy-beta-type carotenoids from the insects Cerura vinula and Ectatosoma tiaratum"

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