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classification of carotenoids

  • tomatoes
    In carotenoid

    …the oxygenated (alcoholic) class, or xanthophylls.

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  • Caribbean flamingo
    In coloration: Carotenoids

    …the oxygenated (alcoholic) class, or xanthophylls. Some animals exhibit a high degree of selectivity for the assimilation of members of one or the other class. The horse (Equus caballus), for instance, absorbs through its intestine only the carotenes, even though its green food contains mostly xanthophylls; the domestic hen (Gallus…

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