Talk:Carotene
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I just added two paragraphs: 1. the plant sources of beta-carotene 2. short comment on anti-oxidant properties and its use as a dietary supplement. -- Bedrupsbaneman 13:34, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Carotene is the dimer of vitamin A. What does that mean? RickK 00:18 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- A polymer is a molecule composed of several more or less identical copies of a simpler molecule. A dimer is a molecule composed of exactly two copies of a simpler molecule. The simpler molecule, in both instances, is termed a monomer. So carotene is a molecule composed of two joined copies of Vitamin A. -- Someone else 00:25 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Is there a link to dimer in the Wikipedia? If so, could it be added? If not, could it be explained in this article? I didn't have a clue. RickK 06:20 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Done. :) Bryan 06:37 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Thanks. Now I understand. RickK 22:15 5 Jul 2003 (UTC)
