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carotin

American  
[kar-uh-tin] / ˈkær ə tɪn /

noun

  1. carotene.


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This observation suggested the chemical relation between the vitamine and carotin.

From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.

It is, however, brilliantly red in color, and crystallizes in a different form and has a different adsorption spectrum from carotin.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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 Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

As an example of a lipochrome which has been isolated, crystallized and purified, we may mention carotin, which has recently been found in green leaves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

To separate the carotin from xanthophyll place the ether solution in a small open dish and evaporate to a small volume.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred