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Carotin

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Word	Definition
carotenenoun	(organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.
provitamin anoun	an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin a in the liver

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Word	Definition
carotenenoun	(organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.
provitamin anoun	an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin a in the liver
carrotinnoun	Alternative form of carotin. [(organic chemistry) carotene]
carotinoidnoun	Dated form of carotenoid. [(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.]
carrotenenoun	Alternative form of carotene. [(organic chemistry) 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.]
carotenoic acidnoun	(organic chemistry) Any carotenoid containing a carboxylic acid functional group.
carotenoidnoun	(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.
carotenolnoun	A yellow pigment; an alcohol of carotene.
carotanenoun	(organic chemistry, paleontology) A fully saturated derivative of β-carotene with IUPAC name 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]cyclohexane.
carotolnoun	(organic chemistry) The bicyclic sesquiterpenoid alcohol (3R,3aS,8aR)-6,8a-dimethyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-2,3,4,5,8,8a-hexahydroazulen-3a(1H)-ol present in the essential oil of carrots
carotenonenoun	(organic chemistry) Any carotenoid ketone
carotenidnoun	Alternative form of carotenoid. [(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.]
ketocarotenoidnoun	(organic chemistry) Any carotenoid that contains a ketone (carbonyl) group
carotenalnoun	(organic chemistry) any carotenoid containing an aldehyde functional group
carthaminnoun	(organic chemistry) A red pigment obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
crocetinsemialdehydenoun	(organic chemistry) A particular carotenoid.
cryptocapsinnoun	(organic chemistry) A particular carotenoid.
carvenenoun	(organic chemistry) A variety of limonene, C₁₀H₁₆, extracted from caraway.
carninnoun	(organic chemistry) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthine.
beta-carotenenoun	(biochemistry) A plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables and fruits and important in the diet as a precursor of vitamin A.