释义 |
phytoene Chem.|ˈfaɪtəʊiːn| [f. phyto- + -ene.] A colourless viscous liquid, C40H64, which is a polyunsaturated branched-chain hydrocarbon and a precursor in the biological synthesis of carotenoids.
1950Porter & Lincoln in Arch. Biochem. XXVII. 391 The name phytoene is given to a compound reported by Porter and Zscheile... It has previously been called a colorless, nonfluorescent polyene. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. II. 54/2 The synthesis of carotenoids leads..to the colorless compound, phytoene, which has the branched, 40-carbon chain characteristic of the carotenoid skeleton. 1978Sci. Amer. Sept. 94/1 Carotenoids are derived from the 40-carbon compound phytoene. |