Term Name: carotenoid metabolic process
Synonyms: carotenoid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0016116]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: tetraterpenoid metabolic process
has subtype: alpha-zeacarotene metabolic process beta-carotene metabolic process beta-zeacarotene metabolic process carotenoid biosynthetic process carotenoid catabolic process delta-carotene metabolic process xanthophyll metabolic process zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside) metabolic process