Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 15(1): 73-81, doi: 10.3750/AIP1985.15.1.04
Carotenoids in fish - XXXIX. Presence of salmoxanthin in Thymallus thymallus (L.) specimens
expand article infoB. Czeczuga, A. Witkowski, M. Kowalewski
Open Access
Abstract
Column and thin-layer chromatography was taken advantage of to study the occurrence of particular carotenoids in different parts of grayling body. As a result, 20 carotenoids were identified, in this also salmoxanthin, i.e. the carotenoid typical of salmonid fishes.