SYNTHESIS 



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oxide, together with the parent carotenoid formed as a by-product by the loss 

 of oxygen^^. 



TABLE 14 



PARTIALLY SYNTHETIC CAROTENOID EPOXIDES AND THEIR PROPERTIES 



Identical with Antheraxanthin. 

 ** Identical with Violaxanthin. 



With regard to the elucidation of the constitution of the epoxides and the 

 furanoid oxides, references should be made to the original literature^^. 



TABLE 15 



PARTIALLY SYNTHETIC FURANOID CAROTENOID OXIDES AND THEIR PROPERTIES 



References p. 64—63. 



