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Table 5.4
Carotenoid distribution among the algal taxa. Neochrome is an artifact formed from neoxanthin that is present in the OT extract by the acid-catalyzed
rearrangement during isolation (Britton et al. 2004)
Cyanobacteria
Glaucophytes
Rhodophyceae
Chrysophyceae
Dinophyceae
Haptophyceae
α-carotene
β-carotene
+
+
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Alloxanthin
Antheraxanthin
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Canthaxanthin
Crocoxanthin
Cryptoxanthin
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Diadinochrome
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Diadinoxanthin
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+(Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Diatoxanthin
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Dihydrolutein
Fucoxanthin
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
+ (Mc Gee et al. 2018)
Heteroxanthin
Loroxanthin
Loroxanthin-decenoate
Loroxanthin-dodecenoate
Lutein
Micromonal
Micromonol
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