Carotenoids and related polyenes. Part 6. Stereoselective synthesis of astaxanthin analogues and their antioxidant activities

Yumiko Yamano; Yuki Sato; Yasuko Watanabe; Koshi Namikawa; Wataru Miki; Masayoshi Ito

doi:10.1039/B104338M

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Carotenoids and related polyenes. Part 6.¹ Stereoselective synthesis of astaxanthin analogues and their antioxidant activities

Yumiko Yamano,^a Yuki Sato,^a Yasuko Watanabe,^a Koshi Namikawa,^b Wataru Miki^b and Masayoshi Ito*^a

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^a Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan

^b Suntory Institute for Fundamental Research,Wakayamadai, Shimamoto, Mishima, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

Astaxanthin analogues having various lengths of polyene chains are stereoselectively synthesized and their singlet-oxygen-quenching activities are examined.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B104338M
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 16 May 2001
Accepted: 21 Jun 2001
First published: 31 Jul 2001

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 2001, 1862-1869

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Carotenoids and related polyenes. Part 6. Stereoselective synthesis of astaxanthin analogues and their antioxidant activities

Y. Yamano, Y. Sato, Y. Watanabe, K. Namikawa, W. Miki and M. Ito, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 2001, 1862 DOI: 10.1039/B104338M

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