The ketonic carotenoid canthaxanthin isolated from a colour mutant of Corynebacterium michiganense
- 1 June 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 57 (2), 273-275
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0570273
Abstract
The major carotenoid pigment obtained from an orange color mutant of C. michiganense is identical with canthaxanthin from the fungus Cantharellus cinnabarinus. The compound appears to be a ketonic carotenoid, showing a single absorption max. in the visible, with a probable formula C40H54O2 ([plus or minus] 2H) and a cross-conjugated carbonyl group. A tentative structure is suggested. Reduction of canthaxanthin yields canthaxanthin-diol, a new carotenoid alcohol.Keywords
This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Alterations in Carotenoid Synthesis accompanying Mutation in Corynebacterium michiganenseJournal of General Microbiology, 1954
- Thiamine and the carotenoid pigments of Corynebacterium poinsettiaeArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1953
- PHENOTYPIC VARIATIONS INDUCED BY CHEMICALS IN CORYNEBACTERIUM MICHIGANENSE AND XANTHOMONAS JUGLANDISJournal of Bacteriology, 1951
- The biochemistry of locusts. I. The carotenoids of the integument of two locust species (Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F. and Schistocerca gregaria Forsk.)Biochemical Journal, 1949
- Über Astaxanthin und OvoverdinBerichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series), 1938
- Colour Reactions Attributed to Vitamin ABiochemical Journal, 1926