Carotenoids in bird plumage: The pattern in three Loxia species and in Pinicola enucleator

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-432

  Stradi, R ^a   Rossi, E ^a   Celentano, G ^a   Bellardi, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

bird's plumage; carotenoid metabolism; carotenoid pattern; colour; extraction; LC MS analysis; LC UV vis analysis; Loxia species; Pinicola enucleator; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEATHER; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0029916191     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02064-0     Document Type: Article

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