
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Czeczuga, B 
A1  - Kantvilas, G 
T1  - Carotenoids in Lichens From Tasmanian Forests
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1990
VL  - 38
IS  - 5
SP  - 517
EP  - 522
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9900517 
N2  - 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. 
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