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beta-carotene

CHEBI:CHEBI_17579

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.

Chemical Information

Molecular Formula
C40H56
Molecular Mass
536.87264
Charge
0
SMILES
CC(\C=C\C=C(C)\C=C\C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C
InChI
InChI=1S/C40H56/c1-31(19-13-21-33(3)25-27-37-35(5)23-15-29-39(37,7)8)17-11-12-18-32(2)20-14-22-34(4)26-28-38-36(6)24-16-30-40(38,9)10/h11-14,17-22,25-28H,15-16,23-24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+
InChIKey
OENHQHLEOONYIE-JLTXGRSLSA-N

Alternative Names

  • 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-Carotene
  • BETA-CAROTENE
  • beta-Karotin
  • beta,beta-carotene

Drug Classification

Important Medical Information

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Additional Identifiers

core#notation
CHEBI:17579
DRON_00010000
19143
oboInOwl#hasDbXref
Wikipedia:Beta_Carotene

Additional References

Wikipedia:Beta_Carotene

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Additional Attributes

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CHEBI:17579
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chebi_ontology
DRON_00010000
19143
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oboInOwl#hasAlternativeId
CHEBI:40987
oboInOwl#id
CHEBI:17579
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owl#someValuesFrom
t3535316
chebi#has_parent_hydride
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_3362
rdf-schema#domain
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owl#annotatedSource
t137917
has_treatment
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0110373