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Entry
CA00607                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
4-Hydroxylutein
IUPAC name (3S,4R,3'R,6'R)-beta,epsilon-Carotene-3,4,3'-triol
Formula
C40H56O3
Molecular Weight 
584.848 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
10.526
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
3
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
3
LipinskiFailures
1
Complexity of molecule
0.303
Number of heavy atoms
43
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
60.690 Å2
Reaction
Pathway
Major carotenoid information

Minor carotenoid information

Source organisms
Cryptochiton stelleri (Ref.366) - 
Acanthochiton defilippii (Ref.366) - 
Liolophura japonica (Ref.366) - chiton (Mollusca - Chitonidae)
Placiphorella japonica (Ref.366) - chiton (Mollusca - Mopaliidae)
Placiphorella stimpsonii (Ref.366) - chiton (Mollusca - Mopaliidae)
Acanthochiton rubrolineatus (Ref.366) - chiton (Mollusca - Acanthochitonidae)
References
  • Ref.366: Tsushima, Miyuki; Maoka, Takashi; Matsuno, Takao, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (1989), 93B(3), 665-71., "Comparative biochemical studies of carotenoids in marine invertebrates - the first positive identification of ε,ε-carotene derivatives and isolation of two new carotenoids from chitons".
  • CAS
    123163-67-7
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022915
    LipidBank: VCA1146
    MassBank: CA000136

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