Search Ontology:
ChEBI
beta-carotene
- Term ID
- CHEBI:17579
- Synonyms
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- 1,1'-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaene-1,18-diyl]bis(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexene)
- all-trans-beta-carotene
- beta,beta-carotene
- Definition
- A cyclic carotene obtained by dimerisation of all-trans-retinol. A strongly-coloured red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruit and the most active and important provitamin A carotenoid.
- References
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- CAS:7235-40-7
- COMe:MOL000093
- Drug_Central:345
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
- Resources
- CTD
- is a type of
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- has_role
- inverse has_functional_parent
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- inverse has_parent_hydride
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from beta-carotene
Phenotype where environments contain beta-carotene
Phenotype modified by environments containing beta-carotene
Phenotype affecting beta-carotene
Human Disease Model