lutein

English

Etymology

From Latin luteus (“yellow”) +‎ -in.

Noun

lutein (usually uncountable, plural luteins)

1. (organic chemistry) A yellow carotenoid pigment, widely distributed in both plants and animals.

Synonyms

• E161b (when used as a food colouring)
• xanthophyll

Derived terms

• luteinize
• luteinizing hormone

Related terms

• corpus luteum (“yellow body”)

Translations

yellow carotenoid pigment

• Catalan: luteïna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉黃素 / 叶黄素 (zh) (yèhuángsù)

• Esperanto: luteino
• Finnish: luteiini
• French: lutéine (fr) f
• German: Lutein (de) n
• Italian: luteina f
• Kazakh: лютеин (lütein)
• Korean: 루테인 (rutein)
• Portuguese: luteína
• Russian: лютеи́н (ru) m (ljuteín)
• Sicilian: lutiina f
• Tagalog: dilawdinsol

Anagrams

• luetin, untile