carotin
Americannoun
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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
Its formula indicates that it is an oxidized carotin.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
Associated with it are other pigments, which have been variously reported as carotin, phycoxanthin, etc.
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
The reaction of carotin toward bromine is peculiar.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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