loading...| Preferred Name | carotenoid | |
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carotenes and carotenoids carotenoids carotenoid |
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| 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. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23044 |
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| definition |
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. |
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carotenoid |
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| has_related_synonym |
carotenes and carotenoids carotenoids |
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carotenoid |
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| prefixIRI |
CHEBI:23044 |
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carotenoid |
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