carotenoid

carotenoid

English

Etymology

carotene +‎ -oid

Noun

carotenoid (plural carotenoids)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.

Derived terms

• apocarotenoid
• epoxycarotenoid
• ketocarotenoid
• noncarotenoid

 

Translations

class of organic compounds

Armenian: կարոտինոիդ (hy) (karotinoid) Catalan: carotenoide m Chinese: Mandarin: 類胡蘿蔔素／类胡萝卜素 (lèihúluóbosù) Finnish: karotenoidi (fi) French: caroténoïde (fr) Galician: carotenoide (gl) m German: Karotinoid n, Carotinoid n (technical) Greek: καροτενοειδή m (karotenoeidí) Italian: carotenoide (it) m Japanese: カロテノイド (karotenoido) Kazakh: каратиноид (karatinoid) Korean: 카로티노이드 (karotinoideu) Kyrgyz: каратиноид (karatinoid) Malayalam: കരോട്ടിനോയ്ഡ് (karōṭṭinōyḍŭ) Persian: کاروتنوئید‎ Polish: karotenoid (pl) m Portuguese: carotenoide m Spanish: carotenoide (es) m

Adjective

carotenoid (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to such a class of pigments.

See also

• alpha-carotene
• astaxanthin
• auroxanthin
• beta-carotene
• canthaxanthin
• capsanthin
• capsorubin
• carotene
• chrysanthemaxanthin
• citranaxanthin
• crocetin
• crocin
• cryptoxanthin
• flavaxanthin
• fucoxanthin
• gamma carotene
• kryptoxanthin
• loraxanthin
• lutein
• lycopene
• neoxanthin
• neurosporaxanthin
• retinoic acid
• rhodoxanthin
• rubixanthin
• staphyloxanthin
• taraxanthin
• violaxanthin
• xanthophyll
• zeaxanthin

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