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Pigment list

Alexandre Castagna edited this page Apr 26, 2020 · 11 revisions

Pigments included in the database. Considering the objective of the database, degradation products are not included. Pigments typically present in sediments not included in the current version. Reference pigments and abbreviations from Jeffrey et al. (1997) and Egeland et al. (2011).

Chlorophylls:

N. Entry Abbreviation Pigment
01 Chl_a Chl a Chlorophyll a
02 DVChl_a DVChl a Divinyl Chlorophyll a
03 Chl_b Chl b Monovinyl Chlorophyll b
04 DVChl_b DVChl b Divinyl Chlorophyll b
05 TChl_b TChl b Total Chlorophyll b (Chl b + DVChl b)
06 Chl_c1 Chl c1 Chlorophyll c1
07 Chl_c2 Chl c2 Chlorophyll c2
08 Chl_c1c2 Chl c1,2 Chl c1 + Chl c2 + MgDVP
09 Chl_c2_MGDG Chl c2-MGDG-[18/14] Chlorophyll c2-monogalactosyldiacylglyceride-[18/14]
10 Chl_c3 Chl c3 Chlorophyll c3
11 MVChl_c3 MVChl c3 Monovinyl Chlorophyll c3
12 TChl_c3 TChl c3 Total Chlorophyll c3 (Chl c3 + MVChl c3)
13 MgDVP MgDVP Magnesium 2,4-divinylpheoporphyrin a5 monomethyl ester
14 Chl_d Chlorophyll d Chlorophyll d

Carotenes:

N. Entry Abbreviation Pigment
15 b_e_Car β,ε-Car β,ε-Carotene (α-carotene)
16 b_b_Car β,β-Car β,β-Carotene (β-carotene)
17 Caro Caro Carotene (β,ε-Car + β,β-Car)
18 c_b_b_Car c-β,β-Car cis-β,β-Carotene
19 e_e_Car ε,ε-Car ε,ε-Carotene (ε-carotene)
20 b_p_Car β,ψ-Car β,ψ-Carotene (γ-carotene)
21 Lyco Lyco ψ,ψ-Carotene (Lycopene)

Xanthophylls:

N. Entry Abbreviation Pigment
22 Allo Allo Alloxanthin
23 Anth Anth Antheraxanthin
24 Aph Aph Aphanizophyll
25 Asta Asta Astaxanthin
26 Calo Calo Caloxanthin
27 Cantha Cantha Canthaxanthin
28 Croco Croco Crocoxanthin
29 b_Crypto β-Crypto β-Cryptoxanthin
30 Diadchr Diadchr Diadinochrome
31 Diadino Diadino Diadinoxanthin
32 Diato Diato Diatoxanthin
33 Dhlut Dhlut Dihydrolutein
34 Dino Dino Dinoxanthin
35 Echin Echin Echinenone
36 Fuco Fuco Fucoxanthin
37 But_Fuco But-Fuco 19’-Butanoyloxyfucoxanthin
38 Hex_Fuco Hex-Fuco 19’-Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin
39 Hex_kFuco Hex-kFuco 19’-Hexanoyloxy-4-ketofucoxanthin
40 Loro Loro Loraxanthin
41 Lut Lut Lutein
42 Micral Micral Micromonal
43 Myxo Myxo Myxol quinovoside (Myxoxanthophyll)
44 c_Neo c-Neo 9’-cis-Neoxanthin (Neoxanthin)
45 t_Neo t-Neo all-trans-Neoxanthin
46 Nosto Nosto Nostoxanthin
47 Oscil Oscil Oscillol diquinovoside (Oscillaxanthin)
48 Perid Perid Peridinin
49 Perid_ol Perid-ol Peridinol
50 Pras Pras Prasinoxanthin
51 Siph Siph Siphonaxanthin
52 Siph_do Siph-do Siphonaxanthin dodecenoate (Siphonein)
53 Uri Uri Uriolide
54 Vauch Vauch Vaucheriaxanthin
55 Vauch_eo Vauch-eo Vaucheriaxanthin ethanoate octanoate
56 Viola Viola Violaxanthin
57 Zea Zea Zeaxanthin

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