Pigment Concentrations

[Micky T]

Does anyone know of any websites to find the concentrations of plant pigments in Elodea at all? I have already seperated the pigments through chromatography, but they wern't very reliable, and it was difficult to identify the pigments

[Dr.Stein]

What about this?

Biochem J. 1937 April; 31(4): 532–534.

Eloxanthin—a new carotenoid pigment from the pondweed Elodea canadensis

Donald Hey
The Chemistry Department, University of Manchester

Click HERE to get the PDF

[Micky T]

thanks that is really useful. Is there any way I could find the absorption spectrum of the pigment found, or will they be similar to other xanthophylls?