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B-cryptoxanthin

Alternative Name(s)

  1. 3-Hydroxy-b-carotene
  2. b,b-Caroten-3-ol
  3. b-Krypoxanthin
  4. Caricaxanthin
  5. Cryptoxanthin
  6. Cryptoxanthol
  7. Neocryptoxanthin

IUPAC Name – (1R)-3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(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]cyclohex-3-en-1-ol

Empirical Formula – C40H56O

Molecular Weight – 552.89

Exact Mass – 552.43

Elemental Analysis – C, 86.90; H, 10.21; O, 2.89

B-cryptoxanthin Compound Image
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    • ChEBI ID - 10362
    • PubChem CID - 5281235
    • HMDB - HMDB33844
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