Question

Write a short note on carotenoids.

Answer 1

any of a class of mainly yellow, orange, or red fat-soluble pigments, including carotene, which give colour to plant parts such as ripe tomatoes and autumn leaves.

Answer 2

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Carotenoids are widely distributed in chloroplast and chromoplast . They show wide range in colour from yellow, orange to red insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvent.


They mainly 2 types.


Carotenes

Xanthophylls.


Carotene; - These are hydrocarbons with empirical formula c40 H56.



Xanthophylls; -- This are oxygenated hydrocarbons with formula C40 H56 O2.


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