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Entry
CA00400                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Cryptoxanthin 5,6-epoxide
IUPAC name (3S,5R,6S)-5,6-Epoxy-5,6-dihydro-beta,beta-caroten-3-ol
Formula
C40H56O2
Molecular Weight 
568.848 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
10
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
10
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
11.849
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
1
Complexity of molecule
0.316
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
32.760 Å2
Reaction
Pathway
Major carotenoid information

Minor carotenoid information

Source organisms
Nannochloropsis oculata (Ref.27, Ref.28) - Alga: Eustigmatophyceae ((Eustigmatophyceae) - Monodopsidaceae)
Capsicum annuum var. lycopersiciforme flavum (Ref.283) - Land plant: yellow paprika (Streptophyta - Solanaceae)
References
  • Ref.27: N. J. Antial, and J.Y. Cheng, British Phycological Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1982 "The Keto carotenoids of two marine cocoid members of the eustimaphyceae" DOI:10.1080/00071618200650061 .
  • Ref.28: Luis M. Lubián, Olimpio Montero, Ignacio Moreno-Garrido, I. Emma Huertas, Cristina Sobrino, Manuel González-del Valle, Griselda Parés, Journal of Applied Phycology, October 2000, Volume 12, Issue 3-5, pp 249-255 "Nannochloropsis (Eustigmatophyceae) as source of commercially valuable pigments".
  • Ref.283: Zoltan Matus, Jozsef Deli, Jozsef Szabolcs, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1991, 39 (11), pp 1907–1914, "Carotenoid composition of yellow pepper during ripening: isolation of .beta.-cryptoxanthin 5,6-epoxide".
  • CAS
    17430-14-7
    Links to other DB
    MassBank: CA000039

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