carotenoids

carotenoids
carotenoids 1913, from Ger. carotinoïde (1911), from carotin (see CAROTENE (Cf. carotene)) + -oid.

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  • carotenoids — (kah rot e noids) Pigment molecules, usually yellowish in color, that are often used to aid chlorophyll in trapping light energy during photosynthesis …   Dictionary of microbiology

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  • carotenoids — n. any red or yellow pigment which is similar to carotene and found in plants and animals …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Colorless carotenoids — The colorless carotenoids, phytoene and phytofluene, are natural carotenoids that lack visible color due to their lower number of conjugated double bonds on the C40 carbon backbone of the molecule. This structure allows them to absorb light in… …   Wikipedia

  • Carotenoid — Carotenoids are organic pigments that are naturally occurring in chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic organisms like algae, some types of fungus and some bacteria.There are over 600 known carotenoids; they are split into two… …   Wikipedia

  • каротеноиды — carotenoids каротеноиды. Желтые, оранжевые или красные пигменты в основном растительного происхождения, являются полиненасыщенными углеводородами терпенового ряда; к К. относятся каротин, ксантофил и др. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Carotenoderma — SignSymptom infobox Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|L|81|9|l|80 ICD9 = ICD9|709.00 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = derm eMedicineTopic = 789 MeshID = Carotenoderma (also carotenodermia) is the name given to the… …   Wikipedia

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