See Also: carotene(encyclopedia)
carotene(dictionary)
Carotene(health)
carotene(medicine)
carotene, beta(medicine)
carotene oxidase(medicine)
Beta carotene(health)
Carotene, beta(health)
Beta-carotene(medicine)
beta-carotene hydroxylase(medicine)

carotene (iou)



carotene noun. . M19.
[from Latin carota carrot + -ENE.]
Chemistry. An orange or red hydrocarbon, C40H56, of which there are several isomers, which occurs in carrots and many other plants and is a precursor of vitamin A.
carotenoid noun & adjective (a) noun any of a class of mainly yellow or red pigments of wide natural occurrence having the conjugated molecular structure typified by carotene; (b) adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such a compound: E20.