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neurosporene

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neurosporene

Summary

neurosporene is a type of chemical entity[1]. neurosporene ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • neurosporene's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • neurosporene's chemical structure is recorded as Neurosporene.png[4].
  • neurosporene's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 502-64-7[5].
  • neurosporene's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)CCC=C(C)C)C)C)C)C[6].
  • neurosporene's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C40H58/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/h11-12,15-17,19-22,25-31H,13-14,18,23-24,32H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,25-15+,26-16+,31-17+,35-21+,36-22+,37-27+,38-28+,39-29+,40-30+[7].
  • neurosporene's InChIKey is recorded as ATCICVFRSJQYDV-XILUKMICSA-N[8].
  • neurosporene's chemical formula is recorded as C₄₀H₅₈[9].
  • neurosporene's subclass of is recorded as biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon[10].
  • neurosporene's subclass of is recorded as carotenoid[11].
  • neurosporene's Commons category is recorded as Neurosporene[12].
  • neurosporene's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r8pj11[13].
  • neurosporene's UNII is recorded as FVN22YW634[14].
  • neurosporene's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 4444347[15].
  • neurosporene's PubChem CID is recorded as 5280789[16].
  • neurosporene's KEGG ID is recorded as C05431[17].
  • neurosporene's ChEBI ID is recorded as 16833[18].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as star fruit[19].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as sweet potato[20].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Rhodopila globiformis[21].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Rubrivivax gelatinosus[22].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Pantoea ananatis[23].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Flavobacterium[24].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Neurospora crassa[25].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Passiflora edulis[26].
  • neurosporene's found in taxon is recorded as Rhodobacter sphaeroides[27].

Why It Matters

neurosporene ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[2] neurosporene has Wikipedia articles in 6 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] ↑ . CAS Common Chemistry. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Carotenoids of the fruit of Averrhoa carambola. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Carotenoids and pro-vitamin A value of white fleshed Brazilian sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas Lam.). wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Bacterial Carotenoids. XLII. New Keto-carotenoids from Rhodopseudomonas globiformis (Rhodospirillaceae). wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Characterization of Carotenoid Triplet States in the Light-Harvesting Complex B800–850from the Purple Bacterium Rubrivivax gelationsus. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Elucidation of the Erwinia uredovora carotenoid biosynthetic pathway by functional analysis of gene products expressed in Escherichia coli. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Isolation and characterization of the carotenoid biosynthesis genes of Flavobacterium sp. strain R1534.. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . C(35)-apocarotenoids in the yellow mutant Neurospora crassa YLO.. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Carotenoids from Yellow Passion Fruit (Passifloraedulis). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Early steps in carotenoid biosynthesis: sequences and transcriptional analysis of the crtI and crtB genes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and overexpression and reactivation of crtI in Escherichia coli and R. sphaeroides. 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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  1. 25d ago · Shuaib-bot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → star fruit, sweet potato, Rhodopila globiformis +24
    Subclass of → biogenic aliphatic hydrocarbon, carotenoid
    Instance of → type of chemical entity
    Subclass of → —
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