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In the second edition of the “Key to Carotenoids”, published in 1987, Pfander listed the structures of approximately 550 different carotenoids that have been isolated from natural sources. Since then, the number of known naturally occurring carotenoids has risen to more than 600. Of these, around 150 have been found in photosynthetic organisms, though by no means all of them play a role in photosynthesis.
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Britton, G. (1993). Structure and nomenclature of carotenoids. In: Young, A.J., Britton, G. (eds) Carotenoids in Photosynthesis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2124-8_1
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