SEPARATION OF THE CAROTENOID MIXTURES 



TABLE 6 



THE POSITION OF CAROTENOIDS IN THE CHROMATOGRAM 



The relative positions of antheraxanthin and lycophyll in the chromatogram are 

 still uncertain. 



Possibly only ii of the double bonds are conjugated. 



an eluting solvent. When the whole chromatogram has thus been separated, the 

 solutions of pigments from the different zones are filtered, the solvent is removed 

 by distillation and the residues are crystallised. If the separation thus achieved 



References p. 28. 



