Preferred Name |
beta-carotene |
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Synonyms |
β-carotene |
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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. LanguaL term definition: Food additive. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_17579 |
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comment |
LanguaL term definition: Food additive. |
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alternative term |
beta-carotene β-carotene |
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database_cross_reference |
http://www.langual.org/langual_thesaurus.asp?termid=B3015 Europe::160a Codex::160a |
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has synonym |
carotenes |
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has_alternative_id |
CHEBI:12392 CHEBI:22834 CHEBI:40987 CHEBI:10355 |
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has_related_synonym |
β-carotene |
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id |
CHEBI:17579 |
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imported from | ||
label |
beta-carotene |
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notation |
CHEBI:17579 |
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prefLabel |
beta-carotene |
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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 |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_12777 |