Figure 2.
Examples of xanthophylls with some oxygenated functional groups in their structures: hydroxyl (hydroxycarotenoids), epoxy (expoxycarotenoids), ketone (astaxanthin and echinenone), and carboxylic acid (torularhodin and crocetin).
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