CHEBI:27295 - violaxanthin

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ChEBI Name violaxanthin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:27295
Definition An epoxycarotenol that is 5,5',6,6'-tetrahydro-5,6:5',6'-diepoxy-β,β-carotene substituted by hydroxy groups at positions 3 and 3'. It is the naturally occurring xanthophyll pigment found in a variety of plants.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Formula C40H56O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 600.872
Monoisotopic Mass 600.41786
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
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Outgoing violaxanthin (CHEBI:27295) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
violaxanthin (CHEBI:27295) is a epoxycarotenol (CHEBI:35307)
Incoming 9-cis-violaxanthin (CHEBI:35305) is a violaxanthin (CHEBI:27295)
all-trans-violaxanthin (CHEBI:35288) is a violaxanthin (CHEBI:27295)
Last Modified
27 March 2014