Metabolism of carotenoids in the apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 431-436

  Tsushima, Miyuki ^a   Katsuyama, Masaaki ^a   Matsuno, Takao ^a  

^a KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(3S,3'S) astaxanthin; Apple snail; Carotenoid; Feeding experiment; Freshwater mollusca; Oxidative metabolism; Pomacea canaliculata; Reproduction; , carotene

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG METABOLISM; HEPATOPANCREAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MOLLUSCA; POMACEA CANALICULATA;

EID: 0031441382     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00215-0     Document Type: Article

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