Table 4.

Main carotenoid Raman skeletal features observed—eukaryotes.

eukaryotes—lyophilized samples/extracts
514.5 nm		1064 nm		514.5 nm
Diadesmis gallica	Botrydiopsis alpina	Balbiania investiens	Porphyridium cruentum	Dunaliella parva	Haematococcus pluvialis
1007 m/1009 m	1007 m	1005 m/1005 m	1004 m	1005 m/1007 m	1003 m/1006 m
1158 s/1159 s	1159 s	1158 vs/1158 s	1157 vs	1157 vs/1156 s	1154/1157 s
1527 s/1530 s	1527 vs	1527 vs/1523 s		1525 vs/1530 s	1525 s/1519 s
			1524 w
β-carotene	β-carotene	β-carotene	β-carotene	β-carotene	β-carotene
lutein	lutein	zeaxanthin	zeaxanthin	lutein,	lutein,
chlorophyll a,	chlorophyll a,	cis-zeaxanthin	cis-zeaxanthin	violaxanthin,	violaxanthin,
fucoxanthin	myxoxanthophyll			neoxanthin	neoxanthin,
(expected)					antheraxanthin