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. 2010 Sep 8;197(1):1–13. doi: 10.1007/s00359-010-0579-4

Table 1.

Results of HPLC analyses of eye ring skin biopsy of a male and a female diamond dove and of food provided during the study

Compound Female skin (μg g−1) Male skin (μg g−1) Seeds (μg g−1)
Dehydrolutein 6.17 45.51 nd
Trans-Lutein 8.99 28.92 2.51
Cis-Lutein 2.15 49.20 nd
Zeaxanthin 4.68 76.38 0.24
Lutein ester 1 159.87 554.88 nd
Lutein ester 2 78.13 264.30 nd
Lutein ester 3 51.14 255.10 nd
Total carotenoids 311.13 1,274.29 2.75

nd not detected