A new C40H56 carotene with a terminal methylene group
1971; Elsevier BV; Volume: 10; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0031-9422(71)85031-8
ISSN1873-3700
AutoresN. Arpin, Jean‐Louis Fiasson, M.P. Bouchez-Dangye-Caye, George W. Francis, S. Liaaen‐Jensen,
Tópico(s)Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
ResumoThe structure of a new C40H56 carotene isolated from the discomycete Caloscypha fulgens (Pers.) Boud. is shown by spectral methods to be β,γ-carotene (VII). This is the first demonstration of a naturally occurring carotenoid with a terminal methylene group.
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