B. R. Premachandra ¹, Jacob John ¹, H. R. Cama ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, IN

Abstract

Little information is available regarding the distribution of carotenoids in the flowers of Tecoma stans, a tropical tree belonging to the family Begoniaceac. Taha detected the presence of βcarotene and the dihydroxy xanthophyll, viz., zeaxanthin in the petals of this flower.

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