Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:23044
Name
carotenoid
Ontology
Synonyms
carotenoid, carotenes and carotenoids, carotenoids
Alternate IDs
None
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. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of carotenoid (CHEBI:23044)
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carotenoid [is_a relation] is_a  tetraterpenoid (CHEBI:26935)
carotenoid [has_parent_hydride relation] has_parent_hydride  carotene (CHEBI:23042)
Children of carotenoid (CHEBI:23044)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
carotenoid beta-end derivative (CHEBI:139120) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid
carotenoid psi-end derivative (CHEBI:139114) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid
xanthophyll (CHEBI:27325) [is_a relation] is_a  carotenoid
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