Carotene vs Benzidine - What's the difference?
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(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.
(organic compound) The aromatic diamine 4,4'-diaminobiphenyl that is used in testing for cyanide, and for traces of blood