Talk:Fucoxanthin

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Fucoxanthin doesn't absorb red light. The absorption peak is around 500-525 nm, depending on who you ask, which is greenish. (see http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1075158, http://www.iopan.gda.pl/oceanologia/464ficek.pdf). Tarchon 05:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC) 05:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC)