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Pigment study of Sphaerobolus stellatus

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Five carotenes:B-carotene,α-carotene, lycopene, phytoene and phytofluene; as well as two xanthophylls: canthaxanthin and cryptoxanthin have been extracted from mature fruit-bodies ofSphaerobolus stellatus. The most abundant of the pigments isB-carotene. None of the extracted pigments showed appreciable absorption in the region 600–720 nm.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    S. O. Alasoadura

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

    S. A. Visser

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Alasoadura, S.O., Visser, S.A. Pigment study of Sphaerobolus stellatus. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 47, 295–300 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02051667

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