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CHEBI:8907 - rubixanthin

ChEBI IDCHEBI:8907
ChEBI Namerubixanthin
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DefinitionA carotenol that is a natural xanthophyll pigment. It was formerly used as a food colourant (E161d), but approval for this purpose has been withdrawn throughout the European Union.
Last Modified28 July 2014
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC40H56O
Net Charge0
Average Mass552.887
Monoisotopic Mass552.43312
SMILESCC(C)=CCC/C(C)=C/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)C[C@@H](O)CC1(C)C
InChIInChI=1S/C40H56O/c1-31(2)17-13-20-34(5)23-15-25-35(6)24-14-21-32(3)18-11-12-19-33(4)22-16-26-36(7)27-28-39-37(8)29-38(41)30-40(39,9)10/h11-12,14-19,21-28,38,41H,13,20,29-30H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,21-14+,22-16+,25-15+,28-27+,32-18+,33-19+,34-23+,35-24+,36-26+/t38-/m1/s1
InChIKeyABTRFGSPYXCGMR-AXXBKCDFSA-N
Wikipedia
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.
food colouring  A food additive that imparts colour to food. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food colours are from E 100 to E 199, divided into yellows (E 100-109), oranges (E 110-119), reds (E 120-129), blues and violets (E 130-139), greens (E 140-149), browns and blacks (E 150-159), and others (E 160-199).
Application:
food colouring  A food additive that imparts colour to food. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food colours are from E 100 to E 199, divided into yellows (E 100-109), oranges (E 110-119), reds (E 120-129), blues and violets (E 130-139), greens (E 140-149), browns and blacks (E 150-159), and others (E 160-199).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
rubixanthin (CHEBI:8907) has parent hydride γ-carotene (CHEBI:27740)
rubixanthin (CHEBI:8907) has role food colouring (CHEBI:77182)
rubixanthin (CHEBI:8907) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
rubixanthin (CHEBI:8907) is a carotenol (CHEBI:23045)
IUPAC Name 
(3R)-β,ψ-caroten-3-ol
Synonyms  Source
RubixanthinKEGG COMPOUND
Natural yellow 27ChemIDplus
(all-E,3R)-rubixanthinChEBI
E 161dChEBI
E161dChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C08611KEGG COMPOUND
LMPR01070281LIPID MAPS
RubixanthinWikipedia
HMDB0035836HMDB
C00003785KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:2342671Reaxys
CAS:3763-55-1KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:3763-55-1ChemIDplus
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