Table 1. Carotenoids as affected by cerulenin under ND conditions for 48 h.

Carotenoid contents are expressed as μg per 10⁷ cells. Asterisks indicate the significance between control without cerulenin (0 µm) and the treatment (Student’s t test, *P < 0.05).

Carotenoids	Cerulenin
	0 µm	5 µm	10 µm	20 µm
Astaxanthin free	0.08 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01*	0.10 ± 0.01
Astaxanthin monoester	0.46 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.03	0.50 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.02
Astaxanthin diester	0.36 ± 0.01	0.47 ± 0.02*	0.62 ± 0.04*	0.57 ± 0.03*
Adonixanthin	0.10 ± 0.00	0.15 ± 0.01*	0.21 ± 0.01*	0.21 ± 0.02*
Canthaxanthin	0.39 ± 0.02	0.38 ± 0.02	0.22 ± 0.02*	0.25 ± 0.01*
β-Carotene	0.13 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.02	0.09 ± 0.01*	0.08 ± 0.01*
TC	2.65 ± 0.14	2.56 ± 0.21	2.35 ± 0.18	2.29 ± 0.12*