carotin
Americannoun
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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
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
It may be fairly easily reduced to carotin.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
It is unlike carotin and xanthophyll in that it has basic properties, forming salts with acids, which are blue in color.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Associated with it are other pigments, which have been variously reported as carotin, phycoxanthin, etc.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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