Sentence examples for major pigments from inspiring English sources

In cyanobacteria, the light harvesting system consists of chlorophyll a (two excitation maxima at 440 and 680 nm) and phycobilisomes that include two major pigments: phycocyanin (an excitation maximum between 595 640 nm) and allophycocyanin (an excitation maximum between 650 655 nm).

The complexity of the elution profile and the extremely hydrophobic nature of the pigments prior to saponification prompt us to believe that the major pigments of T. roseum have modifications that are similar to those on the ψ end of salinixanthin, a carotenoid glycosyl ester produced by Salinibacter ruber [25].

In all experiments, the major pigments forming carotenoids (β-carotene, torulene, torularhodin) were quantified.

We have found that all- trans β-carotene and lutein are major pigments in D. salina cells in addition to chlorophylls (Figs.  1 and 3).

Anthocyanins, as major pigments, play important roles in plant reproduction by attracting pollinators and seed dispersers and in protection from photo-oxidative stress [ 2].

Firstly, the metabolic profile of major pigments was determined by UPLC-UV-MS and found to be consistent with a model of carotenoid metabolism proposed for green algae (Chang et al. 2011).

In higher plants, chlorophyll is the major pigment contributing to photosynthesis which is pre-requisite for starch biosynthesis.

The actual color variation that is visible in tissues is also dependent on cellular pH. Figure 1 Anthocyanin biosynthetic pathways for the three major pigment types.

Willstatter and Zollinger [15, 16] reported malvidin 3-fructoside as the major pigment in grapes, and malvidin 3,5-diglucoside and malvidin as the minor ones.

Major pigmented heterokont lineages that are absent from the paleontological record include Aurearenophyceae, Schizocladiophyceae, Synchromophyceae, Bolidophyceae, Phaeothamniophyceae, Chrysomerophyceae, Pelagophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae, Pinguiophyceae, and Raphidophyceae.

Previous works using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) revealed that the major pigment in 'Brewster' was cyanidin-3-rutinoside, and the minor pigments indentified were cyanidin-3-glucoside and malvidin-3-acetylglucoside [4], [5].