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. 1998 Dec;118(4):1159–1168. doi: 10.1104/pp.118.4.1159

Table I.

Pigment composition of 5-week-old dark-grown P. sylvestris primary needles

Pigment log ka Concentration
pmol/plant
Chlide a −0.53 86.86
Pchlide a −0.32 5.01
trans-Neoxanthin −0.03 58.13
trans-Violaxanthin 0.07 168.81
lutein-5,6-epoxide 0.22 87.92
Pheophytin b 0.33 NDb
trans-Lutein 0.41 340.85
Chl b 0.72 20.66
Chlide a tetrahydrogeranylgeraniol 0.83 183.65
Chlide a phytol 0.86 100.20
α-Carotene 1.04 4.42
β-Carotene 1.05 30.45
Pheophytin a 1.08 16.31
Chl a/bc 10.35
Xanthophyll/carotenoid 18.8
Carotenoid/Chl 0.34
a

k′ = (tRt0)/t0, where t0 and tR represent the retention time of an unretained and a retained peak, respectively. 

b

ND, Not determined. 

c

Chlide a esters/Chl b ratio.