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Carotenoids DB: Ipomoea batatas   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Ipomoea batatas                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID 4120 Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Convolvulaceae; Ipomoeeae; Ipomoea; Description Land plant: sweet potato  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Ipomoea batatas carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00402  β-Carotene diepoxide  (Ref.291)    CA00403  Luteochrome  (Ref.291)   References Ref.291 : Ligia Bicudo de Almeida1, Marilene De Vuono Camargo Penteado1, Kenneth L. Simpson2, George Britton, Murat Acemoglu, and Conrad Hans Eugster, Helvetica Chimica Acta Volume 69, Issue 7, pages 1554–1558, 29 October 1986, "Isolation and Characterisation of (5R, 6S,5'R,8'R)- and (5R,6S,5'R,8'S)-Luteochrome from Brazilian Sweet Potatoes (Ipomoea batatas LAM.)"    Search other references with Google Scholar