Canthaxanthin
"Canthaxanthin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A trans-carotenoid pigment widely distributed in nature. The compound is used as an oral suntanning agent and as a food and drug coloring agent. Oral ingestion of the compound causes canthaxanthin retinopathy.
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D016644
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D02.455.326.271.665.202.868.249 D02.455.426.392.368.367.379.249.887.249 D02.455.849.131.868.249 D23.767.261.887.249
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