carotenoid

One entry found for carotenoid.

Main Entry: ca·rot·en·oid
Variant(s): also ca·rot·in·oid /k-rät-n-id/
Function: noun
: any of various usually yellow to red pigments (as carotenes) found widely in plants and animals and characterized chemically by a long aliphatic polyene chain composed of eight isoprene units
- carotenoid adjective