Choroplasts from marine alga gonyaulax polyedra have peridinin as the major biological carotenoid quencher of 102.

• Grant number: 00/11425-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Meeting - Abroad
• Start date: January 28, 2001
• End date: February 05, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Biological Oceanography
• Principal Investigator: Pio Colepicolo Neto
• Grantee: Pio Colepicolo Neto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil