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Carotenoids DB: Cucumis melo   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Cucumis melo                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID 3656 Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Benincaseae; Cucumis; Description Land plant: orange-fleshed muskmelon "honeydew"  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Cucumis melo carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00803  β-Ionone  (Ref.396)   References Ref.396 : Ibdah M, Azulay Y, Portnoy V, Wasserman B, Bar E, Meir A, Burger Y, Hirschberg J, Schaffer AA, Katzir N, Tadmor Y, Lewinsohn E., Phytochemistry. 2006 Aug;67(15):1579-89. Epub 2006 Mar 23., "Functional characterization of CmCCD1, a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from melon."    Search other references with Google Scholar