Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem.: Crocin.
- noun A doubtful derivative from
crocin . - noun An amorphous red product, C34H46O11, obtained by heating crocin, the coloring matter of saffron (Crocus sativus), with dilute mineral acids.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A natural
carotenoid dicarboxylic acid that is found in thecrocus flower.
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Examples
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In a similar vein, they examined a number of natural carotenoids with fewer carbons, such as crocetin and bixin, and demonstrated that these molecules are breakdown products from plants with larger forty carbon carotenoids.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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The discovery in the late twenties that crocetin, which falls within the sub-group of polyenes called carotenoids, contains such bonds had piqued Kuhn's interest in this family of polyenes.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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