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- noun organic chemistry A
xanthophyll pigment (a di-epoxide, derived fromzeaxanthin ) that occurs in many plants.
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Examples
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He and his colleagues isolated and purified a large number of them, including carotene, lycopene, flavoxanthin and violaxanthin.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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Other carotenoids like beta-carotene, violaxanthin, neoxanthin, and antheraxanthin were also found in broccoli heads, but lutein was clearly the most significant, accounting for about half of all carotenoids measured.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Niyogi KK (1999) The violaxanthin cycle protects plants from photooxidative damage by more than one mechanism.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Frank Ludewig et al. 2008
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Niyogi KK (1999) The violaxanthin cycle protects plants from photooxidative damage by more than one mechanism.
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Niyogi KK (1999) The violaxanthin cycle protects plants from photooxidative damage by more than one mechanism.
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