carotenoids – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
carotenoid
n.
any red or yellow pigment which is similar to carotene and found in plants and animals
Carotenoid
Carotenoids, also called
tetraterpenoids, are
organic pigments that are found in the
chloroplasts and
chromoplasts of plants and some other
photosynthetic organisms, including some
bacteria and some
fungi. Carotenoids can be produced from fats and other basic organic metabolic building blocks by all these organisms. The only animals known to produce carotenoids are
aphids and
spider mites, which acquired the ability and genes from fungi. Carotenoids from the diet are stored in the fatty tissues of animals, and exclusively carnivorous animals obtain the compounds from animal fat.
Carotenoids
photochemical and photosensitive agents in plants and animals, composed of fat-soluble, highly-unsaturated pigmented organic chemicals.
Carotenoids
A group of red, orange and yellow pigments found in plant food and in the tissues of organisms that consume plants. Carotenoids have antioxidant activity. Some, but not all, can act as precursors of vitamin A; the principal of these is fs0 carotene, the most common of the carotenoids.
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carotenoid
s.
karotenoid, ethvert rødt eller gult fargestoff som ligner karoten og funnet i planter og dyr
