VariousWords beta
Related Terms:
zeaxanthol
class
beta carotene
carotenoid
double bond
carotenase
isomer
orange
lipochrome
carotenol
plant
colour
liver
tetraterpene
terpenoid
yellow
converted
carrot
terpene
xanthophyll
cryptoxanthin
vitamin
hypercarotenemia
originating
carotenoderma
alternating
pigment
carotenes
photocarotenogenesis
chain
hydrocarbon
red
single bond
torulene
Definitions:
Noun
provitamin A
carotene
carotin
Definition: an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver
carotene
Definition: yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants
Definition: A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.