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Carotenosis and Carrot

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Carotenosis and Carrot

Carotenosis vs. Carrot

An excess of dietary carotenoids may cause a marked orange discoloration of the outermost skin layer. The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist.

Similarities between Carotenosis and Carrot

Carotenosis and Carrot have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Beta-Carotene, Carotene, Carotenoid, Lutein, Parsley, United States, Vitamin A, Zeaxanthin.

Beta-Carotene

β-Carotene is an organic, strongly colored red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruits.

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Carotene

The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi).

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Carotenoid

Carotenoids, also called tetraterpenoids, are organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria and fungi.

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Lutein

Lutein (Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. from Latin luteus meaning "yellow") is a xanthophyll and one of 600 known naturally occurring carotenoids.

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Parsley

Parsley or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region (southern Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as an herb, a spice, and a vegetable.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids (most notably beta-carotene).

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Zeaxanthin

Zeaxanthin is one of the most common carotenoid alcohols found in nature.

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Carotenosis and Carrot Comparison

Carotenosis has 72 relations, while Carrot has 204. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.90% = 8 / (72 + 204).

References

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