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Write a short note on Carotenes.

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Carotenoids are yellow to orange pigments, mostly tetraterpens and these pigments absorb light strongly in the blue to violet region of visible spectrum. These pigments protect chlorophyll from photo - oxidative damage. Hence, they are called as shield pigments.
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