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carotenoid
- Term ID
- CHEBI:23044
- Synonyms
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- carotenes and carotenoids
- carotenoid
- carotenoids
- Definition
- 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.
- References
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- CAS:36-88-4
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- Resources
- CTD
- is a type of
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- has subtype
- has_parent_hydride
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- inverse has_functional_parent
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from carotenoid
Phenotype where environments contain carotenoid
Phenotype modified by environments containing carotenoid
Human Disease / Model Data