Analysis and identification of astaxanthin and its carotenoid precursors from Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous by high-performance liquid chromatography

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 65 C, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 489-494

  Lu, Mingbo ^a   Zhang, Yang'e ^a   Zhao, Chunfang ^a   Zhou, Pengpeng ^a   Yu, Longjiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; HPLC; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; TORULENE; XANTHOPHYLL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YEAST;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; XANTHOPHYLLS; YEASTS;

EID: 77954979169     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2010-7-812     Document Type: Article

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