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Your mother and your grandmother were right when they said to eat your carrots for healthy eyes. Beta carotene, a carotenoid found in carrots, is a molecule that the body easily changes into vitamin A. In which group of organic molecules do carotenoids belong?

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tetraterpenoids

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Carotenoids belong to the category of tetraterpenoids. They contain 40 carbon atoms, being built from four terpene units each containing 10 carbon atoms.

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