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What is the noun for chlorophyll?

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chlorophyll
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.
  2. Examples:
    1. “During this interaction, energy is dissipated via a charge exchange mechanism in which the zeaxanthin gives up an electron to the chlorophyll.”
      “Liquid formulas and pills containing such herbs as spirulina and milk thistle, chlorophyll, red clover, echinacea and licorice root are ingested.”
      “Remove both chlorophyll and the yellow pigment xanthophyll and the variegation is white.”
chlorophyllase
  1. (biochemistry) The main enzyme in chlorophyll metabolism; the catalyst for the hydrolysis of chlorophyll to produce chlorophyllide and phytol.
chlorophyllin
  1. (biochemistry) Any water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll in which the central magnesium atom is replaced (often with copper), and a number of side-chains are converted into sodium salts.
chlorophyllide
  1. (biochemistry) Any water-soluble breakdown product of chlorophyll formed by hydrolysis or enzyme action
chlorophyl
  1. Dated form of chlorophyll.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In this way Engelmann was able to determine the evolution of oxygen by Euglena and by chlorophyl granules.”
      “The only interruption in colinearity in this region consists of two indels in predicted introns of the chlorophyl synthase VTE2 gene.”
      “Unlike plants, they do not produce chlorophyl and are fed by absorption of external sources of carbon.”
chlorophyllases
  1. plural of chlorophyllase
chlorophyllides
  1. plural of chlorophyllide
chlorophyllins
  1. plural of chlorophyllin
chlorophylls
  1. plural of chlorophyll
  2. Examples:
    1. “These groups have chloroplasts containing chlorophylls a and c, and phycobilins.”
      “Plant chlorophylls and carotenoids are highly colored, conjugated polyenes that play central roles in photosynthesis.”
      “Biosynthesis and accumulation of isoprenoid carotenoids and chlorophylls and emission of isoprene by leaf chloroplasts.”
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