Synechoxanthin, an aromatic C40 xanthophyll that is a major carotenoid in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Joel E. Graham; Juliette T.J. Lecomte; Donald A. Bryant

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Synechoxanthin, an aromatic C40 xanthophyll that is a major carotenoid in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Joel E. Graham, Juliette T.J. Lecomte, Donald A. Bryant

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A major aromatic, dicarboxylate carotenoid (> 15% of total) was isolated from the euryhaline cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. This compound, which was given the common name synechoxanthin (1), has been assigned the structure (all-E) χ,χ-caroten-18,18′-dioic acid by a combination of spectroscopic (UV-vis, FT-IR, ¹H and ¹³C NMR, LC-MS) and chemical methods. This discovery conclusively establishes that some cyanobacteria are capable of synthesizing aromatic carotenoids.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1647-1650
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Natural Products
Volume	71
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/np800310b
State	Published - Sep 2008

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