Norbixin

4,8,13,17-tetramethylicosa-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18-nonaenedioic acid

Formula: C24H28O4 (380.1987)
Chinese Name: 降红木素
BioDeep ID: BioDeep_00000006881 ( View LC/MS Profile)
SMILES: C(=C\C(=C\C=C\C(=C\C=C\C=C(\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C(=O)O)/C)\C)\C)/C(=O)O

Found 1 Sample Hits

m/z Adducts Species Organ Scanning Sample

m/z	Adducts	Species	Organ	Scanning	Sample
345.1808	[M+H-2H2O]+ `PPM:11.9`	Vitis vinifera	Fruit	MALDI (DHB)	grape_dhb_164_1 - Grape Database Resolution: 17μm, 136x122 Description Grape berries fruit, condition: Late

345.1808

[M+H-2H2O]+
PPM:11.9

Vitis vinifera

Fruit

MALDI (DHB)

grape_dhb_164_1 - Grape Database

Resolution: 17μm, 136x122

Description

Grape berries fruit, condition: Late

Norbixin is a water-soluble food colour. Commercial forms contain mixtures of isomers and their methyl esters. Norbixin is used to colour butter, margarine and other fat-related products. Upon exposure to alkali, the bixins methyl ester is hydrolyzed to produce the dicarboxylic acid norbixin, a water-soluble derivative. Bixin is an apocarotenoid found in annatto, a natural food coloring obtained from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana). (Wikipedia Water-soluble food colour. Commercial forms contain mixts. of isomers and their Me esters. It is used to colour butter, margarine and other fat-related products D000074385 - Food Ingredients > D005503 - Food Additives > D005505 - Food Coloring Agents D020011 - Protective Agents > D000975 - Antioxidants > D002338 - Carotenoids D004396 - Coloring Agents