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CHEBI:28425 - α-carotene

ChEBI IDCHEBI:28425
ChEBI Nameα-carotene
Stars
ASCII Namealpha-carotene
DefinitionA cyclic carotene with a β- and an ε-ring at opposite ends respectively.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:10215, CHEBI:22447
Last Modified23 October 2015
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FormulaC40H56
Net Charge0
Average Mass536.888
Monoisotopic Mass536.43820
SMILESCC1=CCCC(C)(C)C1/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C(C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C
InChIInChI=1S/C40H56/c1-31(19-13-21-33(3)25-27-37-35(5)23-15-29-39(37,7)8)17-11-12-18-32(2)20-14-22-34(4)26-28-38-36(6)24-16-30-40(38,9)10/h11-14,17-23,25-28,37H,15-16,24,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,19-13+,20-14+,27-25+,28-26+,31-17+,32-18+,33-21+,34-22+
InChIKeyANVAOWXLWRTKGA-JLTXGRSLSA-N
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
provitamin A  A provitamin that can be converted into vitamin A by enzymes from animal tissues.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
α-carotene (CHEBI:28425) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
α-carotene (CHEBI:28425) has role provitamin A (CHEBI:67200)
α-carotene (CHEBI:28425) is a carotenoid β-end derivative (CHEBI:139120)
α-carotene (CHEBI:28425) is a cyclic carotene (CHEBI:35163)
Incoming Relation(s)
(6'R)-β,ε-carotene (CHEBI:35147) is a α-carotene (CHEBI:28425)
(6'S)-β,ε-carotene (CHEBI:35148) is a α-carotene (CHEBI:28425)
IUPAC Name 
β,ε-carotene
Synonyms  Source
alpha-CaroteneKEGG COMPOUND
all-trans-α-caroteneChemIDplus
UniProt Name  Source
α-caroteneUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C05433KEGG COMPOUND
C05433KEGG COMPOUND
LMPR01070258LIPID MAPS
HMDB0003993HMDB
C00003765KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Beilstein:2067408Beilstein
Beilstein:3227599Beilstein
Reaxys:2682045Reaxys
CAS:432-70-2ChemIDplus
Citations