Carotenoids in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: Occurrence of 9′-cis-echinenone as the dominant carotenoid in gonad colour determination

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 432-444

  Symonds, Rachael C ^a   Kelly, Maeve S ^b   Caris Veyrat, Catherine ^c   Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Echinenone; Paracentrotus lividus; Pigment; Sea urchin; carotene

Indexed keywords

9' ECHINENONE; AMAROUCIAXANTHIN A; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ECHINENONE; FUCOXANTHIN; FUCOXANTHINOL; ISOZEAXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ALGA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; GONAD COLOR; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 35648976107     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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