Table 3.

Carotenoids detected in the studied seaweeds.

Pigment	Seaweed
	E. denticulatum	S. polycystum	C. lentillifera
Antheraxanthin	+	+	-
Astaxanthin∗	+	+	+
β-Carotene∗	+	-	+
β-Cryptoxanthin∗	+	+	+
Canthaxanthin∗	-	+	+
Dinoxanthin	+	+	-
Diatoxanthin	+	+	-
Diadinoxanthin	+	+	-
Fucoxanthin∗	+	+	-
Lutein∗	+	+	-
Lycopene∗	-	-	-
Neoxanthin∗	-	-	-
Rubixanthin	+	-	-
Violaxanthin∗	-	-	-
Zeaxanthin∗	+	+	+

‘+’ denotes presence; ‘˗’ denotes not detected; asterisk denotes compound confirmed with standard.