| 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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