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Metabolism

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Carotenoids

Part of the book series: Chemische Reihe ((LMW/C,volume 23))

Abstract

Carotenoids undergo many metabolic reactions in plant and animal organisms. There are, on the one hand, processes leading to total breakdown of the molecule and, on the other, reactions that do not cleave the original molecule but merely modify it chemically, for example by hydroxylation or introduction of a ketonic function. Two such reactions are selected for a summarizing discussion on the basis of numerous publications.

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Thommen, H. (1971). Metabolism. In: Isler, O., Gutmann, H., Solms, U. (eds) Carotenoids. Chemische Reihe, vol 23. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-5831-1_8

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