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DISTRIBUTION IN NATURE 



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xanthin+, xanthophyll++, zeaxan- 

 thin+. '* Hydroxy-a-carotene*3*. 

 /S-Carotene, a-carotene, K-caro- 

 tene(?), neo-cryptoxanthin. 



Palmae 



Actinop/iloeus angustifolia^: Lyco- 



pene+'*". 

 Actinophloeus Macarthurii^: Lyco- 



pene+^^. 

 Archontophoenix Alexandrae^: Lyco- 

 pene++. 



Areca Alicae^: Lycopene++. 

 Attalea gomphococca^^: Carotene. 

 Calyptrocalyx spicatus^: Lycopene. 

 Elaeis guineensis^^: /5-Carotene+++, 



lycopene+++^*. 

 Elaeis melanococca^^: /3-Carotene+++, 



lycopene+++. 

 Nenga Polycephalus^: Lycopene++. 

 Palm fruit^'^: Zeaxanthin, carotene. 

 Palm oil^^: a-Carotene+, /5-carotene+, 



y-carotene++, lycopene+, neolyco- 



pene+, neo-y-carotene( ?), pigments 



of unknown constitution. 

 Palm oil from different species^'' '^^'^^: 



a-Carotene+, /?-carotene, y-caro- 



tene++, lycopene++. 

 Ptychandra elegans^: Lycopene++. 

 Ptychandra glauca^: Lycopene. 

 Sabal (serenaea) serrulatum^^: /3-Caro- 

 tene+. 

 Synaspadix petrichiana^: Lycopene++. 



Araceae 



Aglaonema com,mutatum^^' ^^. 

 Aglaonema nitidum^: Lycopene. 

 Aglaonema oblongifolium^: Lyco- 



pene++. 

 Aglaonema oblongifolium var. Cur- 



tisii^: Lycopene++. 

 Aglaonema simplex^: Lycopene++. 

 Arum, italicum^' '^' '^: Lycopene++. 

 Arum maculatum^^: Lycopene++. 

 Arum orientale^^: Lycopene++, /?-caro- 



tene++, xanthophyll. 



Bromeliaceae 



Ananas sativus"^^: Carotene, xantho- 

 phyll. 



Liliaceae 



Asparagus officinalis^^: Zeaxanthin++. 

 Convallavia inafalis^^' ": a-Carotene++, 

 /3-carotene+, y-carotene+, lyco- 

 pene+, xanthophyll+. 



Dioscoraceae 



Tamus communis^^' ^^: Lycopene+, 

 lycoxanthin+, lycophyll+. 



Musaceae 



Musa paradisiacal"'': Carotene+, 

 xanthophyll+. 



Amaryllidaceae 

 Clivia species^^. 



Eriobotyra japonica Lindl.*^^: Crypto- 

 xanthin, /3-carotene, neo-^-caro- 

 tene U and neo-^-carotene B. 



^) Dicotyledoneae 



Moraceae 



Cannabis saliva''''-. 



Polygonaceae 



Fagopyrum esculentum^^ 



Berberidaceae 



Berberis vulgaris'-^. 



Anonaceae 



Polyalthia species*^. 



Myristicaceae 



Myristica fragrans^^' ^^. 



Cruciferae 



Brassica campesiris^"^. 

 Brassica 7iigra^"'-. 



Rosaceae 



"Apricot-peach" ''-°^: Carotene++, 

 lycopene++, xanthophyll++. 



Cotoneaster species^^. 



Cotoneaster occidentalism"'^: Viola- 

 xanthin++, xanthophyll. 



Crataegus Cms gallim"'^. 



Prunus armeniaca^"^: j3-Carotene+, 

 y-carotene++, lycopene+. 



