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Entry
CA00596                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Monadoxanthin
IUPAC name (3R,3'R,6'R)-7,8-Didehydro-beta,epsilon-carotene-3,3'-diol
Formula
C40H54O2
Molecular Weight 
566.832 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
8
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
10
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
11.249
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
1
Complexity of molecule
0.312
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
40.460 Å2
Reaction
  • Product: CR00196
  • Pathway
    Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information
    Minor pigment in cryptophytes (Ref.707).
    Source organisms
    Cryptomonas sp. (Ref.26) - Alga: Cryptomonad (Cryptophyta - Cryptomonadaceae)
    Chroomonas salina (Ref.26) - Alga: Cryptomonad (Cryptophyta - Chroomonadaceae)
    Rhodomonas D3 (Ref.26) - Alga: Cryptomonad (Cryptophyta - Pyrenomonadaceae)
    References
  • Ref.26: F. C. Pennington, F. T. Haxo, G. Borch, and Liaaen-Jensen, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 215-219, 1985 "Carotenoids of Cryptophyceae".
  • Ref.707: Suzanne Roy et al., Phytoplankton Pigments Characterization, Chemotaxonomy and Applications in Oceanography, October 2011, Cambridge University Press, pp 665-674, "Part VII - Data sheets aiding identification of phytoplankton carotenoids and chlorophylls", available at http://www.cambridge.org/gb/files/2013/6697/5826/Data_sheets_part_3_Xanthophylls.pdf, ISBN: 9781107000667.
  • CAS
    27085-16-1
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022870

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