pheophytin

P3H4E1O1P3H4Y4T1I1N1

noun

A chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed

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Meanings

nounpheophytin (plural pheophytins)

plural pheophytins

  1. biochemistryA chlorophyll from which the central magnesium atom has been removed
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