NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
Online ISSN : 1349-998X
Print ISSN : 0021-5392
ISSN-L : 0021-5392
Carotenoid Metabolism in Fancy Red Carp, Cyprinus carpio-I
Administration of Carotenoids
Masahiro HATAMitsuo HATA
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1975 Volume 41 Issue 6 Pages 653-655

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Fancy red carp accumulated ingested astaxanthin in the integument. Zeaxanthin was converted to astaxanthin de novo. Lutein was converted not to astaxanthin, but to doradexanthin.

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