Carotenes is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Carotenes meaning
plural of carotene
Using Carotenes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of carotene
- In the example corpus, carotenes often appears in combinations such as: carotenes are.
Context around Carotenes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Carotenes
- In this selection, "carotenes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nomenclature and contain stand out and add context to how "carotenes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include carotenes are also and carotenes contain no. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "carotenes" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with carotenes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Carotenes contain no oxygen atoms. (5 words)
Nomenclature Carotenes are carotenoids containing no oxygen. (7 words)
None of the other carotenes have vitamin activity. (8 words)
Antioxidants, such as vitamin C (in foods, not supplements), selenium and carotenes are part of the anti-inflammatory diet, and so are bioflavonoids (quercetin and anthocyanidins) found in onions, kale, leeks, blueberries and red and black grapes. (37 words)
It has Apricot kernel, argan, and jojoba oils to tame the toughest of hairs with vitamin E, carotenes, and antioxidants to protect skin against eczema, psoriasis and acne. (28 words)
Carotenes are also found in some species of termites, where they apparently have been picked up from the diet of the insects. (22 words)
Example sentences (9)
Antioxidants, such as vitamin C (in foods, not supplements), selenium and carotenes are part of the anti-inflammatory diet, and so are bioflavonoids (quercetin and anthocyanidins) found in onions, kale, leeks, blueberries and red and black grapes.
It has Apricot kernel, argan, and jojoba oils to tame the toughest of hairs with vitamin E, carotenes, and antioxidants to protect skin against eczema, psoriasis and acne.
Carotenes are also found in some species of termites, where they apparently have been picked up from the diet of the insects.
Carotenes are also responsible for the orange (but not all of the yellow) colours in dry foliage.
Carotenes contain no oxygen atoms.
Nomenclature Carotenes are carotenoids containing no oxygen.
None of the other carotenes have vitamin activity.
Some carotenes are terminated by hydrocarbon rings, on one or both ends of the molecule.
The typical yellow-coloured fat of humans and chickens is a result of fat storage of carotenes from their diets.
Common combinations with carotenes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: