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.

Synonyms: carotenoid

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Term information

database cross reference
  • CAS:36-88-4 (ChemIDplus)
Subsets

3_STAR

has related synonym

carotenes and carotenoids

carotenoids

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

id

CHEBI:23044