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Organism name
Phoenicoparrus ruber                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Bird: American flamingo  (Secondary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

CA00471  Canthaxanthin  (Ref.471)


CA00487  Adonirubin  (Ref.471)


CA00502  (3S,3'S)-Astaxanthin  (Ref.471)


CA00655  Phoenicopterone  (Ref.474)


References
  • Ref.471 : Denis L Fox, Thomas S Hopkins, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Volume 17, Issue 3, March 1966, Pages 841–856, "Comparative metabolic fractionation of carotenoids in three flamingo species"
  • Ref.474 : Denis L Fox, James W McBeth, Gordon Mackinney, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Volume 36, Issue 2, 15 September 1970, Pages 253–262, "Some dietary carotenoids and blood-carotenoid levels in flamingos—II. γ-carotene and α-carotene consumed by the American flamingo"

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