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canthaxanthin

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canthaxanthin

Summary

canthaxanthin is a type of chemical entity[1]. canthaxanthin ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • canthaxanthin's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • canthaxanthin's chemical structure is recorded as Canthaxanthin.svg[4].
  • canthaxanthin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 514-78-3[5].
  • canthaxanthin's EC number is recorded as 208-187-2[6].
  • canthaxanthin's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(CC1)(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)CC2)=C(C)C2=O)=C(C)C1=O[7].
  • canthaxanthin's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C40H52O2/c1-29(17-13-19-31(3)21-23-35-33(5)37(41)25-27-39(35,7)8)15-11-12-16-30(2)18-14-20-32(4)22-24-36-34(6)38(42)26-28-40(36,9)10/h11-24H,25-28H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,17-13+,18-14+,23-21+,24-22+,29-15+,30-16+,31-19+,32-20+[8].
  • canthaxanthin's InChIKey is recorded as FDSDTBUPSURDBL-DKLMTRRASA-N[9].
  • canthaxanthin's chemical formula is recorded as C₄₀H₅₂O₂[10].
  • canthaxanthin's subclass of is recorded as carotenoid[11].
  • canthaxanthin's has use is recorded as food coloring[12].
  • canthaxanthin's Commons category is recorded as Canthaxanthin[13].
  • canthaxanthin's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016644[14].
  • canthaxanthin's has part is recorded as carbon[15].
  • canthaxanthin's has part is recorded as oxygen[16].
  • canthaxanthin's has part is recorded as hydrogen[17].
  • canthaxanthin's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL1329004[18].
  • canthaxanthin's E number is recorded as E161g[19].
  • canthaxanthin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04f75n[20].
  • canthaxanthin's UNII is recorded as 4C3C6403MU[21].
  • canthaxanthin's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 4447582[22].
  • canthaxanthin's PubChem CID is recorded as 5281227[23].
  • canthaxanthin's KEGG ID is recorded as C08583[24].
  • canthaxanthin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.455.326.271.665.202.868.249[25].
  • canthaxanthin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.455.426.392.368.367.379.249.887.249[26].
  • canthaxanthin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.455.849.131.868.249[27].

Why It Matters

canthaxanthin ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] canthaxanthin has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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