Carotenoids: Carotenoid and Apocarotenoid Analysis

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1. Getting to know carotenoids George Britton 2. Laser capture of tissues for micro-scale carotenoid analyses James Giovannoni 3. Metabolic engineering of carotenoids: procedures for metabolomic characterization Paul David Fraser 4. LC-MS analysis of intracellular metabolites for precursors to the carotenoid pathway Claudia Vickers 5. Use of E. coli to produce carotenoid standards Norihiko Misawa, Miho Takemura and Takashi Maoka 6. HPLC analysis of carotenoids from Bacteria Gerhard Sandmann 7. Purification and development of standards for carotenoid quantification in plant tissues Christopher Ian Cazzonelli, Jwalit Nayak, Yagiz Alagoz and Sidra Anwar 8. Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Plant Apocarotenoids Salim Al Babili, Jianing Mi, Yagiz Alagoz, Juan Camilo Moreno, Kit Xi Liew, Aparna Balakrishna and Xiongjie Zheng 9. Detection and analysis of novel and known volatile plant apocarotenoids Barry James Pogson, Ryan McQuinn, Julie Leroux and Thy Thuc Truong 10. Carotenoid extraction, detection, and analysis in citrus Xiuxin Deng, Kaijie Zhu, Xiongjie Zheng, Yun Liu, Hongyan Chen, Yingzi Zhang and Junli Ye 11. Strategies For The Separation And Tentative Identification Of Geometrical (Cis/Trans, Z/E) Isomers Of Carotenoids Antonio J. Mel?ndez-Mart?nez 12. Use of stable isotopes to study bioconversion and bioefficacy of pro-vitamin A carotenoids Georg Lietz 13. Carotenoid extraction and analysis of blood plasma/serum Jessica L. Cooperstone and Maria Sholola 14. Methods for analyzing carotenoids in bird tissues Kevin McGraw and Matthew Toomey 15. Analysis of plant-derived carotenoids in camouflaging stick insects Royce Cumming, Kaijie Zhu, Eleanore T. Wurtzel and Jeffry Petracca