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Entry
CA00491                                                            
Classification
Carotenoid Name
Astacene
IUPAC name 3,3'-Dihydroxy-2,3,2',3'-tetradehydro-beta,beta-carotene-4,4'-dione
Formula
C40H48O4
Molecular Weight 
592.784 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
15 including two ketones (15 in total)
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
15 including two ketones (15 in total)
Isomers 
  • Constitutional isomer: CA00492
    • InChI

    InChIKey

    Canonical SMILES

    XLogP
    11.998
    Hydrogen Bond donors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    2
    Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    4
    LipinskiFailures
    1
    Complexity of molecule
    0.326
    Number of heavy atoms
    44
    TPSA
    (Topological Polar Surface Area) 
    74.600 Å2
    Reaction
  • Product: CR00434
    • Pathway
    Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Gymnogobius castaneus (Ref.772)  - Bony fish: Rosary goby, small goby（4～6 cm body length）that inhabits the middle stretches of rivers, lakes, and lagoons in North Eastern Japan. Its tail fin is bright orange in color. (Chordata - Gobiidae)
    Nannochloropsis oculata (Ref.27, Ref.28) - Alga: Eustigmatophyceae ((Eustigmatophyceae) - Monodopsidaceae)
    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.772: Takashi Maoka, J. Oleo Sci. 67, (10) 1259-1263 (2018), “New Acetylenic Carotenoid 6’-Epimonadoxanthin from the Rosary Goby Gymnogobius castaneus”, doi: 10.5650/jos.ess18153.
    • CAS
    514-76-1
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