Investigations on the geometrical isomers of astaxanthin: Raman spectroscopy of conjugated polyene chain with electronic and mechanical confinement

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balaji Subramanian ◽  
Nadéjda Tchoukanova ◽  
Yahia Djaoued ◽  
Claude Pelletier ◽  
Mathieu Ferron ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Craig P. Marshall ◽  
Alison Olcott Marshall

Recently, carotenoids have received much attention as target compounds for astrobiological prospecting principally because they are a group of molecules that display unique diagnostic Raman spectra that can be assigned to organic material of unequivocal biological origin. However, no work has been performed on assessing the potential of Raman spectroscopic detection of carotenoids from fossilized microbes. Here, we report the first Raman spectra acquired from ‘perhydro’ derivatives of β-carotene and lycopene formed by hydrogenation of the polyene chain during diagenesis, resulting in much less specific fossil hydrocarbons such as β-carotane and lycopane, respectively. We propose here that diagenetically altered carotenoids formed by hydrogenation reactions during the fossilization processes also provide unique diagnostic spectra that can be interpreted as a biological signature.


2005 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 101-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Moulin ◽  
L. Hennet ◽  
D. Thiaudière ◽  
P. Melin ◽  
P. Simon

1965 ◽  
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pp. 620-626 ◽  
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J.P. Russell
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1981 ◽  
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pp. C6-776-C6-778
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A. Fontana ◽  
G. Mariotto ◽  
F. Rocca ◽  
M. P. Fontana

1983 ◽  
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pp. C10-501-C10-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
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1987 ◽  
Vol 48 (C7) ◽  
pp. C7-761-C7-762
Author(s):  
B. LAVOREL ◽  
G. MILLOT ◽  
R. SAINT-LOUP ◽  
M. L. GONZE ◽  
J. SANTOS ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
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T.C. Schut ◽  
A.J.P.E. Vincent ◽  
J.M. Kros ◽  
G.J. Puppels

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