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