Photosystem I is a protein-pigment complex that performs photosynthesis in plants, green algae, and cyanobacteria. It contains an aggregate of chlorophylls that absorbs light and delivers the resulting electronic excitation to the special pair of chlorophylls where the excitation energy is used for producing charge separation across the cell membrane. The seemingly random arrangement of chlorop...

Broccoli sprouts contain health-promoting phytochemicals that can be enhanced by applying ultraviolet light (UV) or phytohormones. The separate and combined effects of methyl jasmonate (MJ), UVA, or UVB lights on glucosinolate, phenolic, carotenoid, and chlorophyll profiles were assessed in broccoli sprouts. Seven-day-old broccoli sprouts were exposed to UVA (9.47 W/m²) or UVB (7.16 W/m²) radia...

This study presents a comparison of the quality characteristics spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) dried by photovoltaic thermal dryer (PDS), shade (SDS), and an oven (ODS). The samples obtained were evaluated with respect to volatile compounds (VC), total phenolic (TPC) flavonoid content (TFC), antioxidant capacity (AC) chlorophyll contents. PDS had highest amount TPC, TFC AC, while SDS ODS did not...

the effect of automobile pollution was determined on chlorophyll content of four different tree species viz. azadirachta indica l., conocarpus erectus l., guiacum officinale l.and eucalyptus sp. growing along the roads of the city.  significant changes in the level of chlorophyll “a”, chlorophyll “b” and total chlorophyll “a+b” were found in the leaves of four tree species (a. indica, c. erectu...

The impact of microwave (1000 W - 340 s) and conventional heat (97 °C - 30s) pasteurisation and storage (4, 10, 22 °C for up to 63 d) on total and individual carotenoids and chlorophylls in kiwifruit puree was evaluated. Bioaccessibility of carotenoids, before and after pasteurisation and storage, was also studied. Microwaves and conventional heating led to marked changes in the chlorophyll (42...

The effect of automobile pollution was determined on chlorophyll content of four different tree species viz. Azadirachta indica L., Conocarpus erectus L., Guiacum officinale L.and Eucalyptus sp. growing along the roads of the city.  Significant changes in the level of chlorophyll “a”, chlorophyll “b” and total chlorophyll “a+b” were found in the leaves of fou...

A high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system for pigment analysis of marine phytoplankton was established. The characteristic quantification limits of the major photosynthetic chlorophylls a and b were 0.29 and 0.27 ng, respectively. The reliability of this method was verified by resolving the marker pigments in culture extracts from diatoms, blue-green algae and green algae. Fucoxant...

Excitation energy transfer can be unusually efficient and structurally robust when mediated by molecular excitons, which arise in a photosynthetic light-harvesting protein delocalized excitations of the electronic chromophores are created upon absorption light. Here we report results from two-dimensional spectroscopy structure calculations, revealing that excitation is transferred between perid...