Biologically Active Substance
carotene Audio
car·o·tene [ kar-uh-teen ]
Etymology:
Latin carota = carrot
Definitions related to carotene:
  • C(40)H(56) terpenoid plant pigment which is transformed into vitamin A in the liver.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The general name for a group of pigments found in green, yellow, and leafy vegetables, and yellow fruits. The pigments are fat-soluble, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons functioning as provitamins and are converted to vitamin A through enzymatic processes in the intestinal wall.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Carotene, any of several organic compounds widely distributed as pigments in plants and animals and converted in the livers of many animals into vitamin A. These pigments are unsaturated hydrocarbons (having many double bonds), belonging to the isoprenoid series. Several isomeric forms (same...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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