CHEBI:28838 - lutein

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ChEBI Name lutein
ChEBI ID CHEBI:28838
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:43817, CHEBI:6576, CHEBI:27324
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB9396094, ZINC000008221225
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Formula C40H56O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 568.87144
Monoisotopic Mass 568.42803
InChI InChI=1S/C40H56O2/c1-29(17-13-19-31(3)21-23-37-33(5)25-35(41)27-39(37,7)8)15-11-12-16-30(2)18-14-20-32(4)22-24-38-34(6)26-36(42)28-40(38,9)10/h11-25,35-37,41-42H,26-28H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,17-13+,18-14+,23-21+,24-22+,29-15+,30-16+,31-19+,32-20+/t35-,36+,37-/m0/s1
InChIKey KBPHJBAIARWVSC-RGZFRNHPSA-N
SMILES CC(\C=C\C=C(C)\C=C\[C@H]1C(C)=C[C@H](O)CC1(C)C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C1=C(C)C[C@@H](O)CC1(C)C
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): food colouring
A food additive that imparts colour to food. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food colours are from E 100 to E 199, divided into yellows (E 100-109), oranges (E 110-119), reds (E 120-129), blues and violets (E 130-139), greens (E 140-149), browns and blacks (E 150-159), and others (E 160-199).
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Application(s): food colouring
A food additive that imparts colour to food. In European countries, E-numbers for permitted food colours are from E 100 to E 199, divided into yellows (E 100-109), oranges (E 110-119), reds (E 120-129), blues and violets (E 130-139), greens (E 140-149), browns and blacks (E 150-159), and others (E 160-199).
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing lutein (CHEBI:28838) has parent hydride (6'R)-β,ε-carotene (CHEBI:35147)
lutein (CHEBI:28838) has role food colouring (CHEBI:77182)
lutein (CHEBI:28838) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
lutein (CHEBI:28838) is a carotenol (CHEBI:23045)
Incoming lutein 5,6-epoxide (CHEBI:27448) has functional parent lutein (CHEBI:28838)
IUPAC Name
(3R,3'R,6'R)-β,ε-carotene-3,3'-diol
Synonyms Sources
(3R,3'R,6S)-4,5-DIDEHYDRO-5,6-DIHYDRO-BETA,BETA-CAROTENE-3,3'-DIOL PDBeChem
Bo-Xan ChemIDplus
E 161b ChEBI
Lutein KEGG COMPOUND
lutein UniProt
Xanthophyll KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
4145 DrugCentral
C00003776 KNApSAcK
C08601 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD1F-119 MetaCyc
DB00137 DrugBank
HMDB0003233 HMDB
LMPR01070274 LIPID MAPS
LUT PDBeChem
Lutein Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
127-40-2 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
127-40-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
2068550 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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Last Modified
22 February 2017