carotin
Americannoun
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This group includes the two brilliant yellow pigments, carotin and xanthophyll, and the reddish brown fucoxanthin and the brilliant red lycopersicin, which are similar in their chemical composition.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The reaction of carotin toward bromine is peculiar.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
This observation suggested the chemical relation between the vitamine and carotin.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
Xanthophyll differs markedly from carotin in its solubilities, being insoluble in petroleum ether and only sparingly soluble in carbon disulfide.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Yellow tomatoes have only carotin as their skin-pigment, while lycopersicin is usually present in the flesh of the ripe fruits of all varieties and in the skin of red ones.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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