Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes, are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective...
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A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance. Pigments are completely or nearly insoluble and chemically unreactive in water or...
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Photopigment (category Pigments)
responsible for visual perception, but also melanopsin and others. Biological pigment Epstein, R.J. (2003). Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to...
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A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria...
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Phenylalanine (section Other biological roles)
norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine (adrenaline), and the biological pigment melanin. It is encoded by the messenger RNA codons UUU and UUC. Phenylalanine...
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Carmine (category Biological pigments)
lake – is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code names for the pigment include natural...
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Albinism (redirect from Albinism, minimal pigment type)
that are not absorbed by the pigment, but instead are reflected. Biological pigments include plant pigments and flower pigments. Animals can appear coloured...
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Turacin (category Biological pigments)
Turacin is a naturally occurring red pigment that is 6% copper complexed to uroporphyrin III. Arthur Herbert Church discovered turacin in 1869. It is...
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Anthocyanin (redirect from Production of Anthocyanin Pigment 1)
(kuáneos/kuanoûs) 'dark blue'), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black. In...
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Dragon's blood (category Biological pigments)
been in continuous use since ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, pigment, and dye. A great degree of confusion existed for the ancients in regard...
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