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Carotenoids DB: Bixa orellana L.   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Bixa orellana L.                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Malvales; Bixaceae; Bixa; Description Land plant: Bixaceae  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Bixa orellana L. carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00041  Methyl (9Z)-6'-oxo-6,5'-diapocaroten-6-oate  (Ref.138)    CA00040  Methyl (9Z)-6'-oxo-6,6'-diapocaroten-6-oate  (Ref.139)   References Ref.138 : Mercadante, A. Z.; Steck, A.; Pfander, H., Phytochemistry (1997), 46(8), 1379-1383., "Carotenoids from annatto. Part 3. Isolation and structure elucidation of minor carotenoids from annatto (Bixa orellana L.) seeds" Ref.139 : Benevides, Clicia Maria de Jesus; Veloso, Marcia Cristina da Cunha; Pereira, Pedro Afonso de Paula; Bittencourt de Andrade, Jailson, Food Chemistry (2011), 126(3), 927-934., "A chemical study of β-carotene oxidation by ozone in an organic model system and the identification of the resulting products"    Search other references with Google Scholar