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Organism name
Bixa orellana                                Find images with Google
NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Land plant: Bixaceae  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Bixa orellana carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

 CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.764)
 

 CA00322  β-Cryptoxanthin  (Ref.764)
 

 CA00328  Zeaxanthin  (Ref.764)
 

 CA00597  Lutein  (Ref.764)
 

 CA00793  Methyl apo-6'-lycopenoate  (Ref.764)
 

 CA01230  Methyl 9'Z-apo-6'-lycopenoate  (Ref.764)
 

 CA00897  6-Geranylgeranyl 8'-methyl 6,8'-diapocarotene-6,8'-dioate  (Ref.143)
 

 CA00895  Methylbixin 
 

 CA00899  (all-E)-Methylbixin  (Ref.142)
 

 CA00894  Bixin 
 

 CA00893  Norbixin 
 

 CA00891  Apo-8'-bixinal 
 

 CA00887  Apo-10'-bixinal 
 

 CA00187  12,12'-Diapocarotene-dial  (Ref.68)
 

References
  • Ref.764 : A. Z. MERCADANTE, A. STECK, D. RODRIGUEZ-AMAYA,t H. PFANDER and G. BRITTON, Phytochemistry, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 1201 1203, 1996, “ISOLATION OF METHYL 9'Z-APO-6'-LYCOPENOATE FROM BIXA ORELLANA”
  • Ref.143 : Mercadante, A. Z.; Steck, A.; Pfander, H., Phytochemistry (1999), 52(1), 135-139., "Three minor carotenoids from annatto (Bixa orellana) seeds"
  • Ref.142 : Bahl, C. P.; Seshadri, Tiruvenkata R.; Vedantham, T. N. C., Current Science (1971), 40(2), 27-8., "Preparation of bixin and methylbixin from Indian seeds of Bixa orellana"
  • Ref.68 : Haberli, Adrian; Pfander, Hanspeter, Helvetica Chimica Acta (1999), 82(5), 696-706., "Synthesis of bixin and three minor carotenoids from annatto (Bixa orellana)"

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