Tswett, MS (English spelling) TswettMS

Japanese: Tswett,M.S.(英語表記)TswettMS
Tswett, MS (English spelling) TswettMS

…the general term for a group of pigments that are yellow, orange, or red and are widely distributed throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. The name was coined by M.S.Twett after the representative of this group of pigments, carotene. He named those pigments that were soluble in hydrocarbon solvents as carotenes, and those that were poorly soluble in hydrocarbon solvents but easily soluble in methanol as xanthophylls.

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Japanese:

…動植物界を通じ広範な分布を示す黄色,だいだい色ないし紅色を呈する一群の色素の総称。この名はこの色素群の代表であるカロチンに基づいてツウェットM.S.Tswettにより命名された。彼はこれらの色素の中で炭化水素溶媒に可溶のものをカロチン,炭化水素溶媒にとけにくく,メタノールにとけやすいものをキサントフィルとした。…

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