CAS 7235-40-7PubChem CID 5280489
Beta-Carotene
Beta-carotene is a cyclic carotene obtained by dimerisation of all-trans-retinol. A strongly-coloured red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruit and the most active and important provitamin A carotenoid. It has a role as a ferroptosis inhibitor, an antioxidant, a cofactor, a biological pigment, a provitamin A, a mouse metabolite, a plant metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a carotenoid beta-end derivative and a cyclic carotene. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 1,3,3-trimethyl-2-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohexene
- Molecular formula
- C40H56
- Molecular weight
- 536.9 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 536.438201786 Da
- XLogP3
- 13.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 0
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
beta CaroteneBetacarotenebeta,beta-CaroteneSolateneCarotabenProvateneall-trans-beta-CaroteneSerlabo
16 more reported names
Food orange 5BetaVitKPMKProvatenolLucaratinNatural Yellow 26Solatene (caps)BetacarotenoBetacarotenumKarotinbeta-KarotinC.I. Food Orange 5Zlut prirodni 26Beta, beta-caroteneCI Food Orange 5Carotene,beta
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:17579
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1293
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID3020253
- PubMed:36819991
- PubMed:32535096
- PubMed:31022331
- PubMed:27154496
- PubMed:26733226
- PubMed:25542264
- PubMed:25344780
- PubMed:24657404
- PubMed:23859036
- PubMed:22542753
- PubMed:21569430
- PubMed:21447443
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