carotene

English

Wikipedia

β-Carotene represented by a 3-dimensional stick diagram.

Etymology

From car(r)ot +‎ -ene.

Noun

carotene (plural carotenes)

1. (organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.
2. (organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C₄₀H₅₆, (especially beta-carotene), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.

Translations

class of plant pigments

• Esperanto: karoteno (eo)
• Estonian: karoteen (et)
• Finnish: karoteeni (fi)
• German: Carotin (de) n

• Ido: karotino (io)
• Italian: carotene (it) m
• Spanish: caroteno (es) m

Synonyms

• E160 (when used as a food colouring)

Related terms

• carotenoid

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Italian

Noun

carotene m (plural caroteni)

1. (organic chemistry) carotene

Anagrams

• coeterna