
bixin

bixin heey eka apocarotenoid aahe jeey ekiyot vruksh ("bixa orelana") chya biyanyanmadhye aadhalate, jyapasoon tyala tyache naav midale aahe. annato haah naisargik ann rung tayar karnyasathi samanyatah biyanyanmadhun too kadhala jaato, jyamadhye sumare 5 takke rangdravye asatat jyapaiki 70-80% heey bixin asatat. 
anuprayog.
darvarshi hajaro tunn kapani hote.
rasayanik gunadharm.
bixin asthir aahe. teey 'trans'-bixin (β-bixin), duheri bandh aaysomarmadhye samaroop hote.
bixin heey charbi aanee alcoholmadhye vidravya asate parantu panyat vidravya nasate. ksharanchya samparkat aalyanantar, panyat virghalanare vyutpann, dicarboxylic aaml norbixin tayar karnyasathi methyl esterche hydrolyzation kele jaate.