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 | |
id |
CHEBI:23044 |
in_subset | |
label |
carotenoid |
notation |
CHEBI:23044 |
prefLabel |
carotenoid |
subClassOf |