METABOLISM OF XANTHOPHYLLS TO VITAMIN-A AND NEW APOCAROTENOIDS IN LIVER AND SKIN OF BLACK BASS, MICROPTERUS-SALMOIDES

Authors
YAMASHITA E ARAI S MATSUNO T
Citation
E. Yamashita et al., METABOLISM OF XANTHOPHYLLS TO VITAMIN-A AND NEW APOCAROTENOIDS IN LIVER AND SKIN OF BLACK BASS, MICROPTERUS-SALMOIDES, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 113(3), 1996, pp. 485-489
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
113
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
485 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1996)113:3<485:MOXTVA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Feeding experiments were carried out in black bass with canthaxanthin, racemic astaxanthin, (3R, 3'R)-zeaxanthin and lutein A. In the integu ments the new metabolic pathways of xanthophylls to new apocarotenoids , micropteroxanthins by eccentric cleavage were postulated. In the liv er xanthophylls such as racemic astaxanthin, (3R, 3'R)-zeaxanthin and lutein A were directly bioconverted into vitamin A(2) alcohol except f or canthaxanthin via vitamin A(1) alcohol.