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What is β-Carotene? Why is β-Carotene important? How isβ-Carotene metabolized?

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Carotenes are photosynthetic pigments which are terpenoids and is abundant in plants Humans obtain this from plants carotene is a member of carotene which is a red orange pigment and is synthesized from geranyl geranyl phosphate It is rich in vegetables like carrot carotene is a precursor of    See Answer
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