Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Vienna, 1984, p. 46, S02, ISSN.0525-6240
Mass spectra of degraded carotenoids
Swedish Tobacco Company, Research Dept., Stockholm, Sweden
Some 80 degraded carotenoids, derived from the terminal part of cyclic carotenoids, have been encountered in tobacco to date. These comprise C9 to C13 compounds, most of which can be viewed as being formed by initial oxidative cleavages of the 7,8 to...