Preferred Name |
beta-carotene |
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Synonyms |
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Definitions |
A cyclic carotene obtained by dimerisation of all-trans-retinol. A strongly-coloured red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruit and the most active and important provitamin A carotenoid. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17579 |
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alternative term |
β-carotene |
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BiomarkerOf | ||
ChemSpider |
4444129 |
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FOBI |
FOBI:030747 |
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HMDB |
HMDB00561 |
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id |
CHEBI:17579 |
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imported from | ||
InChICode |
InChI=1S/C40H56/c1-31(19-13-21-33(3)25-27-37-35(5)23-15-29-39(37,7)8)17-11-12-18-32(2)20-14-22-34(4)26-28-38-36(6)24-16-30-40(38,9)10/h11-14,17-22,25-28H,15-16,23-24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+ |
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InChIKey |
OENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-N |
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KEGG |
C02094 |
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label |
beta-carotene |
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notation |
CHEBI:17579 |
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prefixIRI |
CHEBI:17579 |
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prefLabel |
beta-carotene |
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PubChemCID |
5280489 |
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textual definition |
A cyclic carotene obtained by dimerisation of all-trans-retinol. A strongly-coloured red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruit and the most active and important provitamin A carotenoid. |
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subClassOf |