Organisation of xanthophyll-lipid membranes studied by means of specific pigment antisera, spectrophotometry and monomolecular layer technique lutein versus zeaxanthin

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 517-525

  Gruszecki, Wieslaw I ^a   Sujak, Agnieszka ^a   Strzalka, Kazimierz ^b   Radunz, Alfons ^c   Schmid, Georg H ^c  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiserum; Biomembranes; Lutein; Xanthophylls; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROMETRY; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

EID: 0032855583     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1999-7-810     Document Type: Article

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