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Definitions of carotene in various dictionaries:
noun - an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants
noun - yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants
noun - a plant pigment
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| Abundant in spinach & broccoli, this substance must be converted to vitamin A before a body can use it |
| In the autumn many tree leaves turn yellow or orange because of this 8-letter pigment |
| This orange pigment first isolated in carrots in 1881 is also found in pumpkins & sweet potatoes |
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| An orange-yellow to red crystalline pigment, C40H56, found in animal tissue and certain plants, such as carrots and squash. It exists in several isomeric forms and is converted to vitamin A in the liver. |
| an orange or red plant pigment found in carrots and many other plant structures. It is a terpenoid hydrocarbon with several isomers, of which one ( ibeta-carotenei ) is important in the diet as a precursor of vitamin A. |
| an orange-yellow or red pigment ( a substance that gives colour) contained in some foods |
| An orange or red plant pigment found in carrots and many other plant structures. It is a terpenoid hydrocarbon with several isomers, including beta-carotene. |
| yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants |
| an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants is converted into vitamin A in the liver |
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The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi). Carotenes are photosynthetic pigments important for photosynthesis. Carotenes contain no oxygen atoms. They absorb ultraviolet, violet, and blue light and scatter orange or red light, and (in low concentrations) yellow light. * Carotenes are responsible for the orange colour of the carrot, for which this class of chemicals is named, and for the colours of many other fruits, vegetables and fungi (for example, sweet potatoes, chanterelle and orange cantaloupe melon). Carotenes are also responsible for the orange (but not all of the yellow) colours in dry foliage. They also (in lower concentrations) impart the yellow coloration to milk-fat and butter. Omnivorous animal |