Oxygen containing carotenoids are
A. Carotenes
B. Xanthophylls
C. Phycobilins
D. Anthocyanins
Answer: Option B
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Oxygen-containing carotenoids are Xanthophylls.Xanthophylls are yellow pigments that occur widely in nature and form one of two major divisions of the carotenoid group; the other division is formed by the carotenes.
Xanthophylls are a class of oxygen-containing carotenoid pigments, their content of oxygen causes xanthophylls to be more polar than carotenes, and causes their separation from carotenes in many types of chromatography.

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