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Some Biochemical Aspects of Marine Carotenoids

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Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products / Progrès Dans La Chimie Des Substances Organiques Naturelles

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Abstract

The chemical unsaturation of carotenoids renders these biochromes particularly susceptible to degradation with bleaching by atmospheric oxygen and other oxidizing agents, augmented by light of certain wave lengths and by elevated temperatures. In the terrestrial world direct sunlight, wide changes of temperature, relatively high oxygen tension and desiccation are therefore effective factors in the rapid destruction of carotenoids, e. g., in fallen leaves, dying organisms, soils and the feces of herbivorous animals.

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Fox, D.L. (1948). Some Biochemical Aspects of Marine Carotenoids. In: Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products / Progrès Dans La Chimie Des Substances Organiques Naturelles. Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products / Progrès Dans La Chimie Des Substances Organiques Naturelles, vol 5. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7179-0_2

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