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Tetraterpenoids (C40), formally derived from the acyclic parent, Ψ,Ψ-carotene I by hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, cyclization, oxidation, or combination of these processes. This class includes carotenes, xanthophylls and certain compounds that arise from rearrangement of the skeleton of I or by loss of part of this structure. Retinoids are excluded.
See also: retro
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1326 [Terms] [Paper]