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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 770

Q770

Oxygen containing carotenoids are

A.
Carotenes
B.
Xanthophylls
Answer
C.
Phycobilins
D.
Anthocyanins

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Oxygen-containing carotenoids are Xanthophylls.
Xanthophylls are yellow pigments that occur widely in nature and form one of two major divisions of the carotenoid group; the other division is formed by the carotenes.
Xanthophylls are a class of oxygen-containing carotenoid pigments, their content of oxygen causes xanthophylls to be more polar than carotenes, and causes their separation from carotenes in many types of chromatography.