Carotenoids

1. Front Matter

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2. Recent Progress in Carotenoid Structures

   • Conrad Hans Eugster

   Pages 1-20

3. Carotenoid Structures and Lower Plant Phylogeny

   • Terje Bjørnland

   Pages 21-37

4. Plant Carotenoids

   • József Szabolcs

   Pages 39-58

5. Animal Carotenoids

   • Takao Matsuno

   Pages 59-74

6. Carotenoproteins

   • J. B. C. Findlay, D. J. C. Pappin, M. Brett, P. F. Zagalsky

   Pages 75-104

7. Advances in HPLC and HPLC-MS of Carotenoids and Retinoids

   • Richard F. Taylor, Paul E. Farrow, Lauren M. Yelle, Judith C. Harris, Ingrid G. Marenchic

   Pages 105-123

8. Advances in the Synthesis of Optically Active Carotenoids

   • Hanspeter Pfander

   Pages 125-138

9. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Retinoids and Visual Pigment Analogs Studies

   • Robert S. H. Liu, Taraneh Mirzadegan, Achla Trehan

   Pages 139-147

10. Artifacts of Natural Carotenoids — Unintended Carotenoid Synthesis

    • Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen

    Pages 149-165

11. Carotenoid Biosynthesis — An Overview

    • George Britton

    Pages 167-184

12. The Use of Cell-Free Systems in Studies of Carotenoid Biosynthesis

    • Peter M. Bramley

    Pages 185-194

13. On the Desaturation and Cyclization Reactions of Carotenes in Chromoplast Membranes

    • Peter Beyer, Hans Kleinig

    Pages 195-206

14. Natural Selection of Carotenoid Configurations by the Reaction Center and the Light-Harvesting Complex of Photosynthetic Bacteria

    • Yasushi Koyama

    Pages 207-222

15. The Function of Carotenoid Pigments in Photosynthesis and their Possible Involvement in the Evolution of Higher Plants

    • Thomas A. Moore, Devens Gust, Ana L. Moore

    Pages 223-228

16. Photoprotective Functions of Carotenoids

    • Oscar A. Will III, Clark A. Scovel

    Pages 229-236

17. Bacterial Carotenoids as Membrane Reinforcers: A General Role for Polyterpenoids: Membrane Stabilization

    • Guy Ourisson, Yoichi Nakatani

    Pages 237-245

18. New Aspects of Carotenoid Metabolism in Animals

    • Katharina Schiedt

    Pages 247-268

19. Bioavailability of Carotenoids

    • Nikolay V. Dimitrov, Duane E. Ullrey

    Pages 269-277

20. Carotenoids in Medicine

    • Norman I. Krinsky

    Pages 279-291

In the mid-1960's, scientists working on carotenoids throughout the World agreed to have periodic meetings for the purpose of discussing and disseminating scientific research results concerning all aspects of carotenoids. The meetings were also organized to act as teaching forums for students, and the major scientific results from each meeting were to result in a publication. Each meeting was planned to be International in scope, being held in different locations in the World, and organized by local, recognized carotenoid scientists. The first of the Carotenoid meetings was held in Trondheim, Norway in 1966. Meetings then followed in Las Cuces, New Mexico (1969); Cluj, Roumania (1972); Berne, Switzerland (1975); Madison, Wisconsin (1978); Liverpool; England (1981); and Munich, Federal Republic of Germany (1984). In all of these meetings, the original purposes which stimulated the first meeting were accomplished: scientific discussion, student education and resulting scientific publication.The meetings and the i~formation resulting from them have led to significant advances in carotenoid biochemistry, biology, and chemisty. This publication represents the contributions from a distinguished list of participants. We look forward to the future meetings in this series.

• biochemistry
• carotenoids
• chemistry
• intervention
• medicine
• metabolism
• plants
• prevention
• proteins

• Tufts University Health Sciences Campus, Boston, USA

  Norman I. Krinsky

• Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Micheline M. Mathews-Roth

• Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, USA

  Richard F. Taylor

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