C40 carotenoids including C40 originated apocarotenoids and intermediates
    2.4 epsilon,epsilon Carotene
            C40 Hydroxycarotenoids

C40H56O2

568.848 g/mol

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3-OH, 3'-OH, epsilon,epsilon
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Bright yellow color (Ref.520).

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9

Constitutional isomer: CA01213, CA00140, CA00078, CA00079, CA00164, CA00207, CA00208, CA00204, CA00218, CA00233, CA00234, CA00206, CA00205, CA00249, CA00248, CA00261, CA00373, CA00374, CA00327, CA00326, CA00375, CA00328, CA00329, CA00330, CA00331, CA00399, CA00435, CA00402, CA00401, CA00400, CA00430, CA00434, CA00403, CA00480, CA00582, CA01237, CA00597, CA00598, CA00615, CA00599, CA00600, CA00616, CA00614, CA00623, CA00676, CA01228, CA00737

2

2

1

0.306

42

40.460 Å²

Product: CR00270

Pathway: CB000036

Major carotenoid in fish (Ref.743).

Ref.440: B. Bjerkeng, B. Hatlen, M. Jobling, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Volume 125, Issue 3, March 2000, Pages 395–404 "Astaxanthin and its metabolites idoxanthin and crustaxanthin in flesh, skin, and gonads of sexually immature and maturing Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.))".

Ref.211: Frederick Khachik Paul S. Bernstein, and Donita L. Garland, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, August 1997, Vol. 38, No. 9, "Identification of lutein and zeaxanthin oxidation products in human and monkey retinas.".

Ref.520: Takashi Maoka, Mar. Drugs 2011, 9, 278-293; doi:10.3390/md9020278, "Carotenoids in Marine Animals".

Ref.743: Delia B. Rodriguez-Amaya, ILSI PRESS, "A GUIDE TO CAROTENOID ANALYSIS IN FOODS", ISBN 1-57881-072-8.

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MassBank: CA000104