| OBO ID: CHEBI:23044 |
| Term Name: | carotenoid | Search Ontology: | |
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| Definition: | One of a class of tetraterpenoids (C40), formally derived from the acyclic parent, psi,psi-carotene by hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, cyclization, oxidation, or combination of these processes. This class includes carotenes, xanthophylls and certain compounds that arise from rearrangement of the skeleton of psi,psi-carotene or by loss of part of this structure. Retinoids are excluded. | ||
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| Ontology: | ChEBI ( EBI ) |
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