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Entry
CB000067                                                            

Name
Amarouciaxanthin biosynthesis pathway I
Source organisms  
Tunicates and mammals (rats)
Starting material
CA00519: Fucoxanthin
Final product
CA00646: Amarouciaxanthin B
Comment

Data sources

References
  • Ref.520 : Takashi Maoka, Mar. Drugs 2011, 9, 278-293; doi:10.3390/md9020278, "Carotenoids in Marine Animals"
  • Ref.689 : Akira Asai, Tatsuya Sugawara, Hiroshi Ono, and Akihiko Nagao, DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION, DMD 32:205–211, 2004, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1203/1117506, "BIOTRANSFORMATION OF FUCOXANTHINOL INTO AMAROUCIAXANTHIN A IN MICE AND HEPG2 CELLS: FORMATION AND CYTOTOXICITY OF FUCOXANTHIN METABOLITES"
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