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Organism name
Bixa orellana L.                                Find images with Google

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Lineage
Description Land plant: Bixaceae  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
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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"

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