The general name for a group of fat-soluble pigments found in green, yellow, and leafy vegetables, and yellow fruits. They are aliphatic hydrocarbons containing 4 terpene subunits.
    

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Molecular model of light-harvesting complex of

Carotenoids / by Paul Karrer and Ernst Jucker ; translated and rev. by Ernest A. Braude.

Carotinoide : ein biochemischer Bericht über pflanzliche und tierische Polyenfarbstoffe / von L. Zechmeister.

Carotinoids and related pigments : the chromolipoids / by Leroy S. Palmer.

The comparative biochemistry of the carotenoids / by T.W. Goodwin.

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Carotenoids / by Paul Karrer and Ernst Jucker ; translated and rev. by Ernest A. Braude.

Carotinoide : ein biochemischer Bericht über pflanzliche und tierische Polyenfarbstoffe / von L. Zechmeister.

Carotinoids and related pigments : the chromolipoids / by Leroy S. Palmer.

Molecular model of light-harvesting complex of

The comparative biochemistry of the carotenoids / by T.W. Goodwin.