Preferred Name

carotenoid

Synonyms

carotenoid

carotenes and carotenoids

carotenoids

Definitions

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23044

database_cross_reference

CAS:36-88-4

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.

has exact synonym

carotenoid

has related synonym

carotenes and carotenoids

carotenoids

has_obo_namespace

chebi_ontology

has_parent_hydride

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23042

id

CHEBI:23044

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/chebi#3_STAR

label

carotenoid

notation

CHEBI:23044

prefLabel

carotenoid

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_26935

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