CAROTENOIDS FROM GREEN-ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA AS PHYCO- AND PHOTOBIONTS OF PELTIGERA SPECIES

Accession number;04A0666399
Title;CAROTENOIDS FROM GREEN-ALGAE AND CYANOBACTERIA AS PHYCO- AND PHOTOBIONTS OF PELTIGERA SPECIES
Author; CZECZUGA B (Medical Univ., Bialystok, Pol) CZECZUGA-SEMENIUK E (Medical Univ., Bialystok, Pol) VITIKAINEN O (Univ. Helsinki, Helsinki, Fin) AHTI T (Univ. Helsinki, Helsinki, Fin)
Journal Title;J Hattori Bot Lab
Journal Code:Y0255A
ISSN:0073-0912
VOL.;NO.96;PAGE.281-290(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.1, TBL.3, REF.49
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Column, thin-layer and high-performance liquid chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the thalli of 12 species (27 specimens) of Peltigera from various ecological niches: .ALPHA.-, .BETA.-carotene, .BETA.-cryptoxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin, diatoxanthin, antheraxanthin, echinenone, 3'-, 4'-hydroxyechinenone, canthaxanthin, .BETA.-doradexanthin, neoxanthin, rubixanthin, astaxanthin, violaxanthin and capsochrome. All species with cyanobacteria as their photobiont, irrespective of the site from which they were collected, contained .BETA.-carotene and zeaxanthin, and those with green-algae as their phycobiont contained .BETA.-carotene and lutein. (author abst.)