lycopene

MediLexicon lycopene - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'lycopene'

[1. the characteristic red pigment of the tomato that may be considered chemically as the parent substance from which all natural carotenoid pigments are derived; an unsaturated hydrocarbon made up of eight isoprene units, two of them hydrogenated, with 11 conjugated double bonds.

Molecular Formula: C40H56


InChI: InChI=1/C40H56/c1-33(2)19-13-23-37(7)27-17-31-39(9)29-15-25-35(5)21-11-12-22-36(6)26-16-30-40(10)32-18-28-38(8)24-14-20-34(3)4/h11-12,15-22,25-32H,13-14,23-24H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,25-15+,26-16+,31-17+,32-18+,35-21+,36-22+,37-27+,38-28+,39-29+,40-30+

InChIKey: InChIKey=OAIJSZIZWZSQBC-GYZMGTAEBZ
SMILES: C\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\C=C\C(C)=C\C=C\C(C)=C\C=C\C=C(C)\C=C\C=C(C)\C=C\C=C(/C)CC\C=C(\C)C

CAS number 502-65-8

Names:
    all-trans-lycopene
    Lycopene
    lycopene
    Lycopene
    LYCOPENE
    lycopene
    (6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E)-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,30-tridecaene

Registries:
    PubChem CID 446925
    Beilstein =1730097
    CAS 502-65-8 (from NIST)
    ChEBI 15948
    chemPDB LYC
    COMe MOL000048
    Kegg C05432
    PubChem ID 10299978
    PubChem ID 7796