Article
Characterization of the yellow pigment in the axanthic mutant of the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum.
Pigment cell research - 1 Sept 1990
Bukowski L, Erickson K, Lyerla T A
Abstract excerpt
The yellow pigment observed in older axanthic (ax/ax) mutant Mexican axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) was analyzed by thin layer chromatography and by spectrofluorometry of its acetyl derivative. Ethanol extracts from the skin of axanthic animals were acetylated and the chloroform-soluble portion of the product mixture was compared with a chloroform solution of an authentic riboflavin tetraacetate standard prepared...
Topics
- Ambystoma mexicanum
- Animals
- Chloroform
- Chromatography, Thin Layer
- Ethanol
- Mutation
- Pigments, Biological
- Riboflavin
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence