Carotenoids

1. Special Molecules, Special Properties
George Britton, Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen, Hanspeter Pfander

2. Structure and Chirality
Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen

3.
E/Z Isomers and Isomerization
Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen, Bjart Frode Lutnœes

4. Three-dimensional Structures of Carotenoids by X-ray Crystallography
Madeleine Helliwell

5. Aggregation and Interface Behaviour of Carotenoids
Sonja Köhn, Henrike Kolbe, Michael Korger, Christian Köpsel, Bernhard Mayer, Helmut Auweter, Erik Lüddecke, Hans Bettermann, Hans-Dieter Martin

6. Carotenoid-Protein Interactions
George Britton, John R. Helliwell

7. Carotenoid Radicals and Radical Ions
Ali El-Agamey, David J McGarvey

8. Structure and Properties of Carotenoid Cations
Synnove Liaane-Jensen, Bjart Frode Lutnees

9. Excited Electronic States, Photochemistry and Photophysics of Carotenoids
Harry A. Frank, Ronald L. Christensen

10. Functions of Intact Carotenoids
George Britton

11. Signal Functions of Carotenoid Colouration
Jonathan D. Blount, Kevin J. McGraw

12. Carotenoids in Aquaculture: Fish and Crustaceans
Bjorn Bjerkeng

13. Xanthophylls in Poultry Feeding
Diemar R. Breithaupt

14. Carotenoids in Photosynthesis
Alison Telfer, Andrew Pascal, Andrew Gall

15. Functions of Carotenoid Metabolites and Breakdown Products
George Britton

16. Cleavage of ß-Carotene to Retinal
Adrian Wyss, Johannes Lintig

17. Enzymic Pathways for Formation of Carotenoid Cleavage Products
Peter Fleischmann, Holger Zorn

Keywords: SCIENCE / Chemistry / General SCI013000