Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:27295
Name
violaxanthin
Ontology
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An epoxycarotenol that is 5,5',6,6'-tetrahydro-5,6:5',6'-diepoxy-beta,beta-carotene substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 3 and 3'. It is the naturally occurring xanthophyll pigment found in a variety of plants. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
Feedback
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at CHEBI issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of violaxanthin (CHEBI:27295)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
violaxanthin [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
violaxanthin [is_a relation] is_a  epoxycarotenol (CHEBI:35307)

This term has no children.

None.