Molecules 2012, 17(3), 2877-2928; doi:10.3390/molecules17032877
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Key to Xenobiotic Carotenoids

Hans-Richard Sliwka* email and Vassilia Partali
Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 9 January 2012; in revised form: 21 February 2012 / Accepted: 22 February 2012 / Published: 7 March 2012
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Carotenoids)
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Abstract: A listing of carotenoids with heteroatoms (X = F, Cl, Br, I, Si, N, S, Se, Fe) directly attached to the carotenoid carbon skeleton has been compiled. The 178 listed carotenoids with C,H,X atoms demonstrate that the classical division of carotenoids into hydrocarbon carotenoids (C,H) and xanthophylls (C,H,O) has become obsolete.
Keywords: carotenoids; xanthophylls; fluorocarotenoids; chlorocarotenoids; bromocarotenoids; iodocarotenoids; silicon carotenoids; nitrogen carotenoids; sulfur carotenoids; selenium carotenoids; iron carotenoids

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Sliwka, H.-R.; Partali, V. Key to Xenobiotic Carotenoids. Molecules 2012, 17, 2877-2928.

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Sliwka, Hans-Richard; Partali, Vassilia. 2012. "Key to Xenobiotic Carotenoids." Molecules 17, no. 3: 2877-2928.

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