secocarotenoid

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English

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Etymology

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From seco- +‎ carotenoid.

Noun

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secocarotenoid (plural secocarotenoids)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any carotenoid based on a triterpenoid, rather than the normal tetraterpenoid backbone