carotin
Americannoun
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Its formula indicates that it is an oxidized 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
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 Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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
The reaction of carotin toward bromine is peculiar.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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