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    The Determination and Quantification of Photosynthetic Pigments by Reverse Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Thin-Layer Chromatography, and Spectrophotometry

    • Last Update: 2020-11-18
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Chorophylls and carotenoids are functionally important pigment molecules in photosynthetic organisms. Methods for the determination of chlorophylls
    a
    and
    b
    , β-carotene, neoxanthin, and the pigments that are involved in photoprotective cycles such as the xanthophylls are discussed. These cycles involve the reversible de-epoxidation of violaxanthin into antheraxanthin and zeaxanthin, as well as the reversible de-epoxidation of lutein-5,6-epoxide into lutein. This chapter describes pigment extraction procedures from higher plants and green algae. Methods for the determination and quantification using high-performance liquid chromatograpy (HPLC) are described as well as methods for the separation and purification of pigments for use as standards using thin-layer chromatography (TLC). In addition, several spectrophotometric methods for the quantification of chlorophylls
    a
    and
    b
    are described.
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