Nature, Source and Function of Pigments in Tardigrades: In Vivo Raman Imaging of Carotenoids in Echiniscus blumi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Bonifacio, Alois ^a   Guidetti, Roberto ^b   Altiero, Tiziana ^b   Sergo, Valter ^a   Rebecchi, Lorena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ECHINISCUS BLUMI; EGG; EPIDERMIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TARDIGRADA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; DESICCATION; DIET; FEMALE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OVUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TARDIGRADA;

ANIMALIA; ECHINISCUS BLUMI; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84869785629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050162     Document Type: Article

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