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English-Korean animal medical dictionary. 2013.
carotenoid pigment
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Carotenoid — Carotenoids are organic pigments that are naturally occurring in chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic organisms like algae, some types of fungus and some bacteria.There are over 600 known carotenoids; they are split into two… … Wikipedia
carotenoid — carotenoíd adj. m., pl. carotenoízi; f. sg. carotenoídă, pl. carotenoíde Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic CAROTENOÍD, Ă, carotenoízi, de, adj., s.n. 1 … Dicționar Român
Carotenoid oxygenase — Pfam box Symbol = RPE65 Name = Retinal pigment epithelial membrane protein width = caption = Pfam= PF03055 InterPro= IPR004294 SMART= Prosite = SCOP = 2biw TCDB = OPM family= 111 OPM protein= 2biw PDB=PDB3|2biwD:7 490 PDB3|2bixB:7 490Carotenoid… … Wikipedia
Pigment (biology) — In biology, a pigment or biochromeFact|date=June 2008 is any material resulting in color of plant or animal cells, which is the result of selective color absorption. Many biological structures, such as skin, eyes, fur and hair contain pigments… … Wikipedia
Pigment — A substance that gives color to tissue. Pigments are responsible for the color of skin, eyes, and hair. * * * 1. Any coloring matter, as that of the red blood cells, hair, iris, etc., or the stains used in histologic or bacteriologic work, or… … Medical dictionary
carotenoid — carotene ► NOUN ▪ an orange or red plant pigment found notably in carrots, important in the formation of vitamin A. DERIVATIVES carotenoid noun. ORIGIN from Latin carota carrot … English terms dictionary
carotenoid — /keuh rot n oyd /, Biochem. n. 1. any of a group of red and yellow pigments, chemically similar to carotene, contained in animal fat and some plants. adj. 2. similar to carotene. 3. pertaining to carotenoids. Also, carotinoid. [1910 15; CAROTENE… … Universalium
carotenoid — n. any red or yellow pigment which is similar to carotene and found in plants and animals … English contemporary dictionary
Biological pigment — The Blue Morpho butterfly, native to Central America, derives its distinctive blue coloring from iridescence rather than from pigmentation. Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes[1] are substances produced by living… … Wikipedia
Accessory pigment — Accessory pigments are light absorbing compounds, found in photosynthetic organisms, that work in conjunction with chlorophyll a . They include other forms of this pigment, such as chlorophyll b in green algal and higher plant antennae, while… … Wikipedia
visual pigment — ▪ physiology any of a number of related substances that function in light reception (photoreception) by animals by transforming light energy into electrical (nerve) potentials. It is believed that all animals employ the same basic… … Universalium
