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Change of carotenoid composition in crabs during embryogenesis

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Changes of the qualitative and quantitative compositions of carotenoids are studied at various development stages of the external hard roe, determined based on color differences, for the species C. opilio, P. camtschaticus, and P. platypus. It has been revealed that the major carotenoids of the new egg are astaxanthin and β-carotene. Intermediate products of transformation of β-carotene into astaxanthin are identified: echinenone, canthaxanthine, and phenicoxanthine. The carotenoid content per embryo for the new hard roe of C. opilio (the orange egg) amounted to 22.7 ng, of P. camtschaticus and P. platypus (the violet egg)—to 49.2 and 23.3 ng, respectively. In the hard roe at the later development stage (the brown egg) the carotenoid content was decreased to 13.1 ng in C. opilio and to 20.1 ng in P. camtschaticus. Development of embryos is accompanied by accumulation of esterified carotenoids and a decrease of β-carotene and astaxanthine concentrations in all studied species.

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    P. A. Zadorozhny, E. E. Borisovets, E. V. Yakush & T. S. Davidyuk

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Original Russian Text © P. A. Zadorozhny, E. E. Borisovets, E. V. Yakush, T. S. Davidyuk, 2008, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 381–390.

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Zadorozhny, P.A., Borisovets, E.E., Yakush, E.V. et al. Change of carotenoid composition in crabs during embryogenesis. J Evol Biochem Phys 44, 450–461 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093008040054

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