Chemistry and utilization of plankton. VIII. Carotenoid composition of Spirulina maxima.

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  • Miki Wataru
    Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
  • Yamaguchi Katsumi
    Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
  • Konosu Shoji
    Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo

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  • 藍藻 <i>Spirulina maxima</i> のカロテノイド組成
  • 藍藻Spirulina maximaのカロテノイド組成〔英文〕
  • ランソウ Spirulina maxima ノ カロテノイド ソセイ エイブン
  • Carotenoid composition of <italic>Spirulina maxima</italic>

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Abstract

Commercial Spirulina powder differs in the carotenoid composition from preparation to prepazation. In order to elucidate the reason we analyzed carotenoids in Spirulina maxima spray-dried at 80°C(Sml) and 200°C (SmII). The contents of carotenoids in SmI and SmII were 648 and 6.0 mg/100g, respectively. The main components identified in SmI were zeaxanthin (25%), myxoxanthophyll (13-17%), β-carotene (15%), . and echinenone (11-13%), and a rare carotenoid, 3'-hydroxyechinenone, was also detected at 7-11%. In SmII, only two carotenoids, zeaxanthinand β-cryptoxanthin were detected as major components, and presumably decomposed products were observed in appreciable proportions. Thus the marked discrepancies in the composition of carotenoids of dried Spirulina preparations are most probably due to their thermolability.

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  • NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI

    NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI 52 (7), 1225-1227, 1986

    The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science

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