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
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
This observation suggested the chemical relation between the vitamine and carotin.
From The Vitamine Manual by Walter H. Eddy
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
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