What vitamin precursor causes carrots to be orange?
Vitamin A retinol), which is an important hormone-like growth factor for epithelial and other cells. In foods of animal origin, the major form of vitamin A is an ester, primarily retinyl palmitate, which is converted to retinol (chemically an alcohol) in the small intestine. The retinol form functions as a storage form of the vitamin, and can be converted to and from its visually active aldehyde form, retinal. All forms of vitamin A have a beta-ionone ring to which an isoprenoid chain is attached, called a "retinyl group". Both structural features are essential for vitamin activity. The orange pigment of carrots (beta-carotene)
Creepy Carrots! paralleling or mirroring verso and recto or tidily subdividing pages into panels.” Paul Rodeen reviews the picture book "Creepy Carrots!": “Reynolds makes liberal use of ellipses for suspense, conjuring the "soft ... sinister ... tunktunktunk of carrots creeping". Brown illustrates in noirish grayscale with squash-orange highlights and dramatic lighting, framing each panel in shiny black for a claustrophobic film-still effect that cements the story's horror movie feel.” Creepy Carrots! Creepy Carrots! is a 40-page children 's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. It was published on August 21, 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for