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Constituents of the cotton bud: XII. The carotenoids in buds, seeds and other tissue

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Eleven carotenoid pigments were found in the bud, leaf, flower petal, seedling and seed of the cotton plant; nine were identified and quantitated. The most abundant carotenoids in the green tissue of the cotton plant were β-carotene and lutein. Carotene hydrocarbons comprised 12% of the total carotenoids in the seed, 15% in the 1-day-old flower petal, 51% in the bud and 57% in green leaves. Only 5,8-epoxy carotenoids were found in the flower petals and only 5,6-epoxides in the other tissue but both were present in the seed. The colorless phytoene precursors to the carotenoids comprised from 20% to 38% of the total carotenoid pigment in the growing tissue of the plant.

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  1. J. P. Minyard

    Present address: Chemical Regulatory Laboratory, Mississippi State University, State College, Mississippi

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  1. Entomology Research Division, A.R.S., USDA, 39762, State College, Mississippi

    A. C. Thompson, R. D. Henson, P. A. Hedin & J. P. Minyard

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Thompson, A.C., Henson, R.D., Hedin, P.A. et al. Constituents of the cotton bud: XII. The carotenoids in buds, seeds and other tissue. Lipids 3, 495–497 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02530892

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