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Echinodermata, Annelida, Sipunculida, Priapulida, Platyhelminthes and Bryozoa

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The Biochemistry of the Carotenoids

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The older descriptive studies on echinoderm pigments date back to 1881 and continued to the 1930s [1–9]. Many species were examined and shown to contain ‘lipochromes’ either as such or in a water-soluble (protein) complex which liberated the lipochromes on heating or treatment with ethanol.

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    T. W. Goodwin C.B.E., F.R.S. (Johnston Professor of Biochemistry)

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Goodwin, T.W. (1984). Echinodermata, Annelida, Sipunculida, Priapulida, Platyhelminthes and Bryozoa. In: The Biochemistry of the Carotenoids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5542-4_4

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