A new carotenoid, ternstroemiaxanthin, was isolated as a main constituent from the red seeds of “Ternstroemia japonica,” and the structure of the pigment was determined to be 3-hydroxy-β,ψ-caroten-18′-al (I) by spectral and chemical methods.
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