Metabolism of xanthophylls to vitamin A and new apocarotenoids in liver and skin of black bass, Micropterus salmoides

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 485-489

  Yamashita, Eiji ^a,c   Arai, Shigeru ^b   Matsuno, Takao ^a  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Fine Chemical Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

apocarotenoids; black bass; carotenoids; eccentric cleavage; metabolism; micropteroxanthin; vitamin A; xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; FISH; LIVER METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0029919526     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02069-1     Document Type: Article

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