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Carotene vs Benzidine - What's the difference?

carotene | benzidine |

As nouns the difference between carotene and benzidine

is that carotene is a class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds while benzidine is the aromatic diamine 4,4'-diaminobiphenyl that is used in testing for cyanide, and for traces of blood.

carotene

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A class of tetraterpene plant pigments; they vary in colour from yellow, through orange to red, this colour originating in a chain of alternating single and double bonds.
  • (organic chemistry) Specifically, a number of isomers of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C40H56, (especially beta-carotene ), present in carrots etc, which are converted into vitamin A in the liver.
  • Synonyms

    * (when used as a food colouring)

    benzidine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia benzidine) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) The aromatic diamine 4,4'-diaminobiphenyl that is used in testing for cyanide, and for traces of blood