Question

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?

Answer 1

tetraterpenoids

Step-by-step explanation:

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