Carotenoid Chemistry and Biochemistry : Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Carotenoids, Liverpool, UK, 26-31 July 1981

Carotenoid Chemistry and Biochemistry covers the proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Carotenoids, held in Liverpool, United Kingdome on July 26-31, 1981. This symposium highlights the interest in biochemical and biological aspects of carotenes. This book is organized into 25 chapters including chapters on carotenoid chemistry, their structures, synthesis and physical methods, with emphasis on their stereochemistry. Other chapters deal with the chemistry of complexes between carotenoids or retinoids and protein, the novel blue carotenoproteins, and the visual pigments and the nutritionally important retinol-binding proteins. The discussions then shift to animal carotenoids, carotenoid metabolism and transformations, including interesting stereochemical findings. This book also reviews studies of carotenoids in photosynthesis, the industrial importance of carotenoids, medical aspects, particularly the use of carotenoids in treatment against skin photosensitivity and their possible role in protection against cancer. The remaining chapters examine the effects of chemicals on carotenoid biosynthesis and its relevance to herbicide design. This book will be of value to carotenoid scientists and researchers. Content: Some Other IUPAC Titles of Interest from Pergamon Press , Page ii Copyright , Page iii Front Matter , Page iv Organizing Committee , Page vii PREFACE , Page ix , G. Britton, T.W. Goodwin NEW CAROTENOID STRUCTURES AND STEREOCHEMISTRY , Pages 1-26 , Conrad Hans Eugster RECENT ADVANCES IN THE SYNTHESIS AND ANALYSIS OF 3,4-OXYGENATED XANTHOPHYLLS , Pages 27-54 , Robert K. Müller, Kurt Bernhard, Max Vecchi SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE CAROTENOIDS WITH ɛ-END GROUPS , Pages 55-70 , H. Mayer SYNTHESIS AND STEREOCHEMISTRY OF RED PEPPER CAROTENOIDS , Pages 71-86 , A. Rüttimann STEREOCONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF POLYENE ISOPRENOIDS , Pages 87-96 , Gerald Pattenden ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS APPLIED TO POLYENES AND CAROTENOIDS , Pages 97-105 , James H.P. Utley N.M.R. OF CAROTENOIDS , Pages 107-134 , Gerhard Englert CIRCULAR DICHROISM OF CAROTENOIDS AND ITS USE IN INVESTIGATIONS OF THEIR STRUCTURES, CONFIGURATIONS AND CONFORMATIONS , Pages 135-153 , Klaus Noack MASS SPECTRA OF CAROTENOIDS - LABELLING STUDIES , Pages 155-165 , Herbert Budzikiewicz METASTABLE ION TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CAROTENOID ISOMERS , Pages 167-174 , M.E. Rose A CHEMIST'S VIEW OF ANIMAL CAROTENOIDS , Pages 175-193 , Richard Buchecker CAROTENOIDS IN INSECTS , Pages 195-210 , Hartmut Kayser GENERAL SURVEY OF THE CAROTENOIDS IN CRUSTACEA , Pages 211-224 , René Castillo, Geneviève Nègre-Sadargues, Roland Lenel CAROTENOIDS IN SPONGES , Pages 225-235 , Masaru Yamaguchi CAROTENOPROTEINS , Pages 237-251 , George Britton, Gillian M. Armitt, Stephen Y.M. Lau, Ashvin K. Patel, Clifford C. Shone SYNTHETIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF VISUAL PIGMENTS , Pages 253-264 , Robert S.H. Liu RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS , Pages 265-272 , John Glover GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CAROTENOGENESIS IN RHODOPSEUDOMONAS CAPSULATA , Pages 273-277 , Barry L. Marrs STEREOCHEMICAL ASPECTS OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS , Pages 279-295 , B.V. Milborrow MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND USES OF CAROTENOIDS , Pages 297-307 , Micheline M. Mathews-Roth INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES OF CAROTENOIDS , Pages 309-328 , H. Kläui CAROTENOIDS IN RELATION TO CHLOROPLASTS AND OTHER ORGANELLES , Pages 329-338 , Jerome A. Schiff, Francis X. Cunningham Jr., Michael S. Green THE FUNCTIONS OF CAROTENOIDS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS , Pages 339-351 , Paul MATHIS, Craig C. SCHENCK CAROTENOIDS AND HERBICIDE ACTION , Pages 353-369 , Stuart M. Ridley CHEMICAL REGULATION OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS , Pages 371-385 , H. Yokoyama, W.J. Hsu, S.M. Poling, E. Hayman SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 387-396 INDEX OF ORGANISMS , Pages 396-399