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Investigations on insects. XI. Carotenoids in some cave-dwelling insects
1Department of General Biology, Białstok Medical Academy, Poland.
Folia Biologica
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
The presence of carotenoids in Catopus tritis infernus Szymanowski 1957 and Choleva lederiana gracilenta Szymanowski 1957 from a cave was studies, using columnar and thin-layer chromatography. Qualitative and quantitative differences in the carotenoid content of these insect species were found.
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