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C42H58O6
658.9 g/mol
Food Additive

Fucoxanthin

CAS3351-86-8
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Natural Product
Primary Use
natural pigment for food coloring

Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll pigment found in brown algae and other heterokonts, where it acts as an accessory pigment in photosynthesis and gives these organisms a brown or olive-green color. It absorbs light primarily in the blue-green to yellow-green range of the visible spectrum.

natural pigment for food coloring

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Identifiers
IUPAC Name

[(1S,3R)-3-hydroxy-4-[(3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E)-18-[(1S,4S,6R)-4-hydroxy-2,2,6-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-17-oxooctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15-octaenylidene]-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexyl] acetate

InChIKey

SJWWTRQNNRNTPU-ABBNZJFMSA-N

SMILES

C/C(=C\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C(=O)C[C@]12[C@](O1)(C[C@H](CC2(C)C)O)C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C=C3[C@](C[C@H](CC3(C)C)OC(=O)C)(C)O

Synonyms (22)
  • (all-E)-fucoxanthin
  • Fucoxanthin
  • Fucoxanthin (Standard)
  • Fucoxanthin, all-trans-
  • Fucoxanthine
  • all-trans-Fucoxanthin