Associations to the word «Carotene»
Noun
- Methanol
- Compound
- Carcinoma
- Omega
- Anemia
- Efficacy
- Beet
- Retention
- Yam
- Min
- Enzyme
- Extract
- Rice
- Milk
- Equivalent
- Bile
- Uptake
- Iodine
- Nitrate
- Raw
- Oxygen
- Risk
- Nutrition
- Intestine
- Convert
- Peach
- Cellulose
- Orange
- Molecule
- Gamma
- Amin
- Butter
- Sodium
- Consumption
- Trial
- Forage
- Meta
- Juice
- Sulfur
- Asthma
- Ci
- Diabetes
- Yeast
- Protein
- Dairy
- Consuming
- Pollen
- Cultivar
- Phosphate
- Uv
- Food
- Flavor
- Daily
- Aging
- Sulfate
- Solvent
- Gram
- Conversion
- Formulation
- Bis
Adjective
Wiktionary
CAROTENE, noun. (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.
CAROTENE, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
CAROTENE, noun. An orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver.
CAROTENE, noun. Yellow or orange-red fat-soluble pigments in plants.
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