Carotenoids, Vol. 4: Natural Functions - Britton, George; Liaaen-Jensen, Synnove; Pfander, Hanspeter; SpringerLink (Online service) (Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2008)
Special Molecules, Special Properties -- Structure and Chirality -- E/Z Isomers and Isomerization -- Three-dimensional Structures of Carotenoids by X-ray Crystallography -- Aggregation and Interface Behaviour of Carotenoids -- Carotenoid-Protein Interactions -- Carotenoid Radicals and Radical Ions -- Structure and Properties of Carotenoid Cations -- Excited Electronic States, Photochemistry and Photophysics of Carotenoids -- Functions of Intact Carotenoids -- Signal Functions of Carotenoid Colouration -- Carotenoids in Aquaculture: Fish and Crustaceans -- Xanthophylls in Poultry Feeding -- Carotenoids in Photosynthesis -- Functions of Carotenoid Metabolites and Breakdown Products -- Cleavage of ?-Carotene to Retinal -- Enzymic Pathways for Formation of Carotenoid Cleavage Products.
Keywords: Chemistry; Organic chemistry; Human physiology; Biochemistry; Plant biochemistry; Plant physiology; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Organic Chemistry; Human Physiology; Biochemistry, general; Plant Biochemistry; Plant Physiology