@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00007906, author = {KATAYAMA, Teruhisa and 片山, 輝久 and MIYAHARA, Toshiro and 宮原, 才郎 and TANAKA, Yoshito and 田中, 淑人 and SAMESHIMA, Muneo and 鮫島, 宗雄}, issue = {1}, journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要, Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University}, month = {Dec}, note = {The carotenoids in the yellow golden carp were extracted, purified on the columns, characterized by absorption spectra, the behavior on the columns, absorption maxima of the reduction products and cochromatography with authentic samples. In the internal organs of the yellow golden carp, the existence of canthaxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin was confirmed. In the integuments lutein ester, zeaxanthin ester, α-doradexanthin ester and astaxanthin ester were found. It was clarified that in the integuments of the yellow golden carp, the contents of lutein ester were three times of that in the red carp, and the contents of astaxanthin were about one half of that in the latter. The metabolic pathway in the yellow golden carp was proposed as follows : Lutein ester → α-Doradexanthin ester → Astaxanthin ester, It was clarified that the yellow golden carp belongs to the RED CARP-FORM from the point of view of the "Biosynthesis of Astaxanthin" in aquatic animals.}, pages = {39--45}, title = {Mechanism of the Interconversion of Plant Carotenoids into Fish Carotenoids III : Carotenoids in the Yellow-golden Carp, Cyprinus carpio Linne}, volume = {22}, year = {1973} }