Astaxanthin in the Cedar Waxwing
- 4 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3588), 47-48
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3588.47
Abstract
The pigment on the secondary feathers of the cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) is deposited as an amorphous layer upon a supporting medullary structure. The pigment was extracted with alkali and analyzed by chromatographic and spectrophotometric methods. The results indicate that the pigment is astacene (3,3',4,4'-tetra-keto-β-carotene), the oxidation product of astaxanthin.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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