IntroductionThe discovery by BORODIN (2) COWARD (3), in 1926, modified the procedure by making the first step the decomposition of chlorophyll, which was followed by extraction with petroleum ether and the separation of carotene from xanthophyll by aqueous methyl alcohol. The use of diethyl ether in addition to acetone in
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