carotenoid

English

Etymology

From carotene ‎ -oid.

Noun

carotenoid (plural carotenoids)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.

Derived terms

• apocarotenoid
• epoxycarotenoid
• ketocarotenoid
• noncarotenoid
• norcarotenoid
• secocarotenoid

 

Translations

class of organic compounds

• Armenian: կարոտինոիդ (hy) (karotinoid)
• Catalan: carotenoide m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 類胡蘿蔔素／类胡萝卜素 (lèihúluóbosù)

• Finnish: karotenoidi (fi)
• French: caroténoïde (fr)
• Galician: carotenoide (gl) m
• German: Karotinoid n, Carotinoid n (technical)
• Greek: καροτενοειδή m (karotenoeidí)
• Italian: carotenoide (it) m
• Japanese: カロテノイド (karotenoido)
• Kazakh: каротиноид (karotinoid)
• Korean: 카로티노이드 (karotinoideu)
• Kyrgyz: каратиноид (karatinoid)
• Malayalam: കരോട്ടിനോയ്ഡ് (karōṭṭinōyḍŭ)
• Persian: کاروتنوئید
• Polish: karotenoid (pl) m
• Portuguese: carotenoide m
• Spanish: carotenoide (es) m

Adjective

carotenoid (not comparable)

1. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to such a class of pigments.

See also

• alpha-carotene
• astaxanthin
• auroxanthin
• beta-carotene
• canthaxanthin
• capsanthin
• capsorubin
• carotene
• chrysanthemaxanthin
• citranaxanthin
• crocetin
• crocin
• cryptoxanthin
• flavaxanthin
• fucoxanthin
• gamma carotene
• kryptoxanthin
• loraxanthin
• lutein
• lycopene
• neoxanthin
• neurosporaxanthin
• retinoic acid
• rhodoxanthin
• rubixanthin
• staphyloxanthin
• taraxanthin
• violaxanthin
• xanthophyll
• zeaxanthin

Anagrams

• decoration, coördinate, Coronatide, co-ordinate, coronadite, coordinate