Table 2.

Carotenoids composition of the methanol extract from the digestive gland of A. depilans ^a.

Peak	Carotenoids	μg/g (Dry Basis)
1	Fucoxanthin	215.80 (0.58)
2	Fucoxanthin cis isomer 1	24.50 (0.11)
3	Fucoxanthin cis isomer 2	15.60 (0.20)
4	Neoxanthin	12.80 (0.03)
5	Lutein	33.80 (0.04)
6	Zeaxanthin	403.40 (0.50)
7	α-Carotene	5.70 (0.01)
8	β-Carotene	18.90 (0.26)
	Total	730.50

^a Results are expressed as mean (standard deviation) of three determinations.