
%0 Journal Article
%A Czeczuga, B 
%A Kantvilas, G 
%T Carotenoids in Lichens From Tasmanian Forests
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 1990/10/01
%V 38
%N 5
%P 517-522
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9900517
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9900517 
%X Column and thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of the following carotenoids in the thalli of 20 lichen species from Tasmanian forests: &#945;-carotene, &#946;-carotene, &#946; -cryptoxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin, 5-hydroxy-5,6-dihydrozeaxanthin, &#946; -carotene epoxide, lutein epoxide, antheraxanthin,mutatoxanthin,  violaxanthin, neoxanthin, &#945;-doradexanthin, canthaxanthin and astaxanthin. 5-Hydroxy-5,6-dihydrozeaxanthin is reported for the first time in lichens. The total content of carotenoids ranged from 15.28µg-1 dry wt in  Menegazzia confusa to 48.53µg-1 dry wt in Pseudocyphellaria glabra. 
