Carotenoids are among the most prevalent pigments used in animal signals and are also
important for a range of physiological functions. These concomitant roles have made …

In plants and cyanobacteria, the primary step in oxygenic photosynthesis, the light induced
charge separation, is driven by two large membrane intrinsic protein complexes, the …

Life on Earth depends on photosynthesis, the conversion of light energy from the Sun to
chemical energy. In plants, green algae and cyanobacteria, this process is driven by the …

Carotenoids are essential for the survival of photosynthetic organisms. They function as light-
harvesting molecules and provide photoprotection. In this review, the molecular features …

Background In plants, carotenoids serve as the precursors to C 13-norisoprenoids, a group
of apocarotenoid compounds with diverse biological functions. Enzymatic cleavage of …

Solvent induced absorption spectral shifts of the electronic transition from ground 1 Ag state
to the excited 1Bu state in carotenoids have been studied. It is shown that the shift depends …

Raman and infrared spectra in the region of 1800‐150 cm− 1 were recorded for a set of cis‐
trans isomers of d̃‐carotene, ie the all‐trans, 7‐cis, 9‐cis, 13‐cis and 15‐cis isomers …

In wild-type phototrophic organisms, carotenoids (Crts) are primarily packed into specific
pigment–protein complexes along with (Bacterio) chlorophylls and play important roles in …

Lycopene is a functional component of great dietary importance obtained from many plant
sources. In this article, we address the extraction of lycopene from various sources by …

Variations in chlorophyll a/b and chlorophyll/carotenoid ratios are indicators of senescence,
stress or damage to the photosynthetic apparatus and affect the normal course of plant …