carotin
Americannoun
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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
This observation suggested the chemical relation between the vitamine and carotin.
From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.
The reaction of carotin toward bromine is peculiar.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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
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 Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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