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carotene

English

Etymology

From car(r)ot +? -ene.

Noun

carotene (countable and uncountable, plural carotenes)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

Synonyms

  • E160 (when used as a food colouring)

Related terms

  • carotenoid

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ro?t?.ne/

Noun

carotene m (plural caroteni)

  1. (organic chemistry) carotene

Anagrams

  • coeterna

Further reading

  • carotene in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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pheophytin

English

Noun

pheophytin (plural pheophytins)

  1. (biochemistry) A chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed

Related terms

  • pheophytinase

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