Carotenoids: recent progress, problems and prospects.
1. This is a review of the current state of research on the structure and functions of carotenoids, a common group of natural pigments. 2. Discussed in this paper are recent advances in carotenoid studies and problems that still await elucidation. 3. A new natural nomenclature is proposed to rationalize investigation of biological functions of carotenoids. 4. Data included in the paper are taken from the book, "Biological Functions of Carotenoids" (Karnaukhov, 1988).
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Institute of Biophysics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Puschino, Moscow.
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