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. 1974 Jun;139(3):761–769. doi: 10.1042/bj1390761

Triterpenoid carotenoids and related lipids. Triterpenoid monohydroxy- and monoglucosyloxy-carotenoids from Streptococcus faecium UNH 564P

Richard F Taylor 1, Brian H Davies 1
PMCID: PMC1166340  PMID: 4212487

Abstract

1. The characterization of two novel triterpenoid xanthophylls occurring in Streptococcus faecium UNH 564P is described. 2. Both are derived formally, and probably biosynthetically, from the C30 analogue of neurosporene and have been identified as 4-hydroxy-4,4′-diaponeurosporene and its glucoside, 4-d-glucopyranosyloxy-4,4′-diaponeurosporene. 3. Problems associated with the use of specific glucosidases in defining the anomerism of carotenoid glucosides are discussed.

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