| | Group | Example |
| | Hydrocarbons | Lycopersene, Phytofluene, Hexahydrolycopene, Torulene, and α-Zeacarotene | | Alcohols | Alloxanthin, Cynthiaxanthin, Pectenoxanthin, Cryptomonaxanthin,
Crustaxanthin, Gazaniaxanthin, OH-Chlorobactene, Loroxanthin,
Lycoxanthin, Rhodopin, Rhodopinol aka Warmingol, and Saproxanthin | | Glycosides | Oscillaxanthin, Phleixanthophyll | | Ether | Rhodovibrin, Spheroidene | | Epoxides | Diadinoxanthin, Luteoxanthin, Mutatoxanthin, Citroxanthin, Zeaxanthin
furanoxide, Neochrome, Foliachrome, Trollichrome, and Vaucheriaxanthin | | Aldehydes | Rhodopinal, Wamingone, and Torularhodinaldehyde | | Acids and esters | Torularhodin, Torularhodin methyl ester | | Ketones | Canthaxanthin aka Aphanicin, Chlorellaxanthin, Capsanthin,
Capsorubin, Cryptocapsin, 2,2′Diketospirilloxanthin, Flexixanthin,
Phoenicoxanthin, Hydroxyspheriodenone, Pectenolone, Phoeniconone aka Dehydroadonirubin, Phoenicopterone, Rubixanthone, and Siphonaxanthin | | Esters of alcohols | Astacein, Fucoxanthin, Isofucoxanthin, Physalien, Zeaxanthin
dipalmitate, and Siphonein | |
Apocarotenoids | β-Apo-2′-carotenal, Apo-2-lycopenal, Apo-6′-lycopenal, Azafrinaldehyde,
Bixin, Citranaxanthin, Crocetin, Crocetinsemialdehyde, Crocin Digentiobiosyl,
Hopkinsiaxanthin, Paracentrone, and Sintaxanthin | | Nor or seco carotenoids | Actinioerythrin, β-Carotenone, Peridinin, Pyrrhoxanthininol, Semi-α-carotenone,
Semi-β-carotenone, and Triphasiaxanthin | Retro carotenoids and
retro apocarotenoids | Eschscholtzxanthin, Eschscholtzxanthone, Rhodoxanthin, and Tangeraxanthin | | Higher carotenoid | Nonaprenoxanthin, Decaprenoxanthin, and Bacterioruberin |
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