BioModels Ontology

Last uploaded: April 3, 2012
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23044
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23044
Preferred Name

carotenoid

Definitions
One of a class of tetraterpenoids (C40), formally derived from the acyclic parent, psi,psi-carotene by hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, cyclization, oxidation, or combination of these processes. This class includes carotenes, xanthophylls and certain compounds that arise from rearrangement of the skeleton of psi,psi-carotene or by loss of part of this structure. Retinoids are excluded.
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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