The New Carotenoid Pigment Moraxanthin Is Associated with Toxic Microalgae

The New Carotenoid Pigment Moraxanthin Is Associated with Toxic Microalgae

The new pigment “moraxanthin” was found in natural samples from a fish mortality site in the Inland Bays of Delaware, USA. Pure cultures of the species, tentatively named Chattonella cf. verruculosa, and natural samples contained this pigment as a dominant carotenoid. The pigment, obtained from a 10...

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Main Authors: Alfonso Mangoni, Concetta Imperatore, Carmelo R. Tomas, Vincenzo Saggiomo, Valeria Costantino, Olga Mangoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-02-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
Chattonella cf. verruculosa
Raphidophyceae
toxic algae
carotenoids
moraxanthin
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/2/242/

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