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Publication: KAMMERER, D., CARLE, R., SCHIEBER, A. (2004): Quantification of anthocyanins in black carrot extracts (Daucus carota ssp. sativus var. atrorubens Alef.) and evaluation of their color properties
Leaves extremely deeply lobed*, fringe-like in appearance. Sprout from lower portions of the plant around and from several, central, hairy stems from which flowers blossom.
Somatic heart- and torpedo-stage embryos of the domesticated carrot, Daucus carota L., were severed at their midlengths to produce two halves termed apical and basal pieces. These pieces may be grafted or kept separate.
Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Discover Life -- Carrot, Daucus carota image
In natural products the most common carotenoid is the yellow-orange pigment of the carrot (Daucus carota), the ß,ß-carotene. It was isolated in crystalline form as early as in 1831 by Wackenroder. Later, it gave the name to the entire class of these compounds.
General Description: A biennial forming a basal rosette of leaves the first year and an erect flowering stalk (1 m in height) the following year. The foliage is fern-like with a carrot-like odor.
[R] Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae). Fr: Carotte; Ge: Karotte; Sp: Zanahoria; It: Carota; Pt: Cenoura. . - Herbaceous biennial plant with small pink or white umbelliferous flowers, found growing wild in dry plains or at the edge of fields.
Unlike all plant inward-rectifying potassium channels, the carrot channel KDC1 has two histidine pairs (H161,H162) in the S3 S4 and (H224,H225) in the S5 S6 linkers.
474 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. XII, No. 4, THE DIURNALINODDING OF THE WILD CARROT AND OTHER PLANTS. JOHN H. SCHAFFNER. Many plants exhibit periodical movements during the twenty- four hours of a day.