Carotenoids in the thalli of lichen species from central Europe.

Accession number;01A0128193
Title;Carotenoids in the thalli of lichen species from central Europe.
Author; CZECZUGA B (Medical Univ., Bialystok, Pol) KILIAS H (Univ. Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Deu) CZECZUGA-SEMENIUK E (Medical Univ., Bialystok, Pol) MUHR L-E (Univ. Lund, Lund, Swe) LUMBSCH H T (Philipps Univ. Marburg, Marburg/lahn, Deu) HESTMARK G (Univ. Oslo, Oslo, Nor)
Journal Title;J Hattori Bot Lab
Journal Code:Y0255A
ISSN:0073-0912
VOL.;NO.89;PAGE.299-311(2000)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.3, REF.27
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Column and thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the thalli 70 lichen species (87 specimens) from Central Europe: .ALPHA.-carotene, .BETA.-carotene, .BETA.-cryptoxanthin, lutein, 3'-epilutein, zeaxanthin, 4'-hydroxyechinenone, .ALPHA.-doradexanthin, canthaxanthin, astaxanthin, lutein epoxide, antheraxanthin, violaxanthin, mutatoxanthin, luteoxanthin, phoenicoxanthin, auroxanthin, neoxanthin, diatoxanthin, .BETA.-carotene monoepoxide, mutatochrome, aurochrome, cryptoflavin, heteroxanthin, rhodoxanthin, capsochrome, apo-6'-lycopenal, bixin and .BETA.-citraurin. The total content of carotenoids ranged from 1.53 in (Caloplaca citrina) to 161.04 .MU.g g-1 dry wt in (Parmeliopsis ambigua). (author abst.)