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Seasonal Dynamics of Carotenoids in the Black Sea Bivalve Mollusk Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The seasonal dynamics of the total carotenoid content (TCC) was studied in the indigenous Black Sea bivalve mollusk Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758). The TCC dynamics showed two distinct peaks: in spring (March–May) and fall (September). The spring elevation in the TCC coincided with bloom of sea water and was accompanied by a visually detected growth of the gonads that peaked in April (1.5 ± 0.5 mg 100 g–1). The fall elevation in the TCC, less pronounced, occurred in September (0.5 ± 0.2 mg 100 g–1). Totally, in spring and fall samples, there were identified up to 90% of the TCC: 11 free carotenoids (β-carotene, diatoxanthin, halocinthiaxanthin, amarouciaxanthin A, fucoxanthin, heteroxanthin, mactraxanthin, alloxanthin, lutein, diadinoxanthin, zeaxanthin) and esters of the last seven carotenoids. Possible pathways of transformation of carotenoids in Ch. gallina tissues are discussed.

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This study was implemented within a state assignment to the A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Sevastopol) “Functional, metabolic and toxicological aspects of the existence of hydrobionts and their populations in biotopes with different physicochemical regimes” (reg. no. ААААА 18118021490093-4 of February 14, 2018). The equipment used in this study belonged to the CCU Far Eastern Center for Structural Studies (Institute of Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Vladivostok).

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A.V. Borodina was responsible for setting the task, collecting the material, sample preparing for transportation, writing and editing the manuscript. P.A. Zadorozhny performed HPLC and mass spectrometry studies and their description in the appropriate section, as well as prepared the Tables and HPLC graphic representation; he was also involved in discussing the obtained data.

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Russian Text © The Author(s), 2021, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2021, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 250–256https://doi.org/10.31857/S0044452921030049.

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Borodina, A.V., Zadorozhny, P.A. Seasonal Dynamics of Carotenoids in the Black Sea Bivalve Mollusk Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758). J Evol Biochem Phys 57, 503–510 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093021030054

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