chlorophylls
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pluralof chlorophyll.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
chlorophyllnounthe green coloring matter of leaves and plants, essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis, and occurring in a bluish-black form, C 55 H 72 MgN 4 O 5 chlorophyll a, and a dark-green form, C 55 H 70 MgN 4 O 6 chlorophyll b.
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They found that the helical fibers formed by the second-generation dendron chlorophylls exhibited a highly ordered structure, while the third-generation dendron chlorophylls displayed a more homogeneous, spherical shape.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
There are a few algae species that produce chlorophylls a or b like land plants, instead of c.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
There are five major chlorophylls: a, b, c and d and a related molecule found in prokaryotes called bacteriochlorophyll.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Researchers are also studying the infrared-absorbing chlorophylls made by some types of photosynthetic cyanobacteria2.
From Nature ● Apr. 25, 2017
In all of these compounds, derived from chlorophylls by the action of alkalies, the Mg remains in the molecule, and all the Mg-containing derivatives from the chlorophylls are known as "phyllins."
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher