Carotenoids are organic pigments that are found in the chloroplasts and chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic organisms, including some bacteria and some fungi. Carotenoids can be produced from fats and other basic organic metabolic building blocks by all these organisms.
   Senegal is a republic with a presidency; the president is elected  every five years as of 2001, previously being seven years, by adult  â¦ voters.
DaÂ·kar (dÉ-kÃ¤râ², dÄkâ²Ã¤râ²) The capital and largest city of Senegal, in the western part of the country on the Atlantic Ocean. It grew around a French fort built in 1857 and was the capital of French West Africa from 1902 to 1959. American HeritageÂ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.