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carotenoid
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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.
Term info
Label
carotenoid
Synonyms
- carotenoid
Subsets
3_STAR
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chebi_ontology
has related synonym
carotenes and carotenoids, carotenoids
id
CHEBI:23044