“…Lime (69,011,010), magnesia (76, 85, 003, 300), and zinc carbonate find extensive use for separation of carotenoids, whereas sugar is usually employed for chlorophylls (173,374)• Talc has been employed with urinary porphyrins (146) and with abalone-shell pigment (80), and starch has proved useful for isolation of amino acids (41, 096, 319,300,406).…”