Meanings
- USuncountableDated spelling of chlorophyll.
Chlorophyl pigments from the guts are extracted in 4 to 10 ml of either 90% acetone or 100% methanol at 4°C in the darkness.
2000, ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual, Academic Press, page 3262 more examples
Chlorophyl is showing up by the barrelful in beauty lotions, tooth pastes, soaps, chewing gum, mouthwashes, antihalitosis tablets, tobacco and dog food.
1952 August, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 6, number 8, page 32Pure chlorophyl in large doses has no effect on the speed of hemoglobin regeneration after hemorrhage. It seems that large doses are toxic to the bone marrow.
2010, M.S. Kulvinskas (Viktoras H.), Survival in the 21st Century: Pleanetary Healers Manual, Book Publishing Company
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic organisms; there are four naturally occurring forms
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