Carotenoids Analysis Service

Published: April 15, 2024

Carotenoids are a type of organic pigments, existing in chloroplast, photosynthetic algea, and certain types of fungi and bacteria. As carotenoids can not be produced endogenously by animals, therefore, carotenoids must be incorporated through uptaking carotenoids-containing diet. MtoZ Biolabs offers carotenoids analysis service using ACQUITY UPLC/TripleQuad5500 (Waters/AB Sciex), which has the characteristics of high accuracy, specificity, and sensitivity. We guarantee accurate analysis of carotenoids even in low abundance. With our optimized sample preparation methods, interference from high-abundance dominant metabolites can be greatly reduced, thus further increasing detecting sensitivity.

Table 1. List of Carotenoids Detectable by MtoZ Biolabs

NO.	Metabolite	NO.	Metabolite	NO.	Metabolite
1	α-carotene	25	rubixanthin laurate	48	zeaxanthin-myristate-palmitate


2	lycopene	26	rubixanthin myristate	49	zeaxanthin dipalmitate
3	γ-carotene	27	rubixanthin palmitate	50	zeaxanthin-palmitate-stearate


4	β-carotene	28	violaxanthin dibutyrate	51	zeaxanthin-oleate-palmitate
5	phytofluene	29	violaxanthin laurate	52	β-cryptoxanthin laurate
6	(E/Z)-phytoene	30	violaxanthin myristate	53	β-cryptoxanthin myristate
7	ε-carotene	31	violaxanthin palmitate	54	β-cryptoxanthin palmitate
8	antheraxanthin dipalmitate	32	violaxanthin palmitoleate	55	β-cryptoxanthin oleate
9	lutein caprate	33	violaxanthin dilaurate	56	antheraxanthin
10	lutein laurate	34	violaxanthin-myristate-caprate	57	zeaxanthin

11	lutein myristate	35	violaxanthin-myristate-laurate	58	violaxanthin


12	lutein palmitate	36	violaxanthin dimyristate	59	neoxanthin
13	lutein stearate	37	violaxanthin-myristate-palmitate	60	lutein

14	5,6epoxy-luttein dilaurate	38	violaxanthin dipalmitate	61	β-cryptoxanthin
15	lutein dilaurate	39	violaxanthin-myristate-oleate	62	astaxanthin

16	5,6epoxy-lutein-caprate-palmitate	40	violaxanthin dioleate	63	8'-apo-beta-carotenal


17	lutein dimyristate	41	zeaxanthin myristoleate	64	capsanthin
18	lutein dipalmitate	42	zeaxanthin palmitate	65	α-cryptoxanthin
19	lutein distearate	43	zeaxanthin-caprate-laurate	66	capsorubin
20	lutein dioleate	44	zeaxanthin dilaurate	67	canthaxanthin
21	lutein oleate	45	zeaxanthin-laurate-myristate	68	echinenone

22	neochrome palmitate	46	zeaxanthin dimyristate	69	β-citraurin
23	rubixanthin caprate	47	zeaxanthin-laurate-palmitate	70	fucoxanthin


24	Thapsigargin