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Phycocyanin
Medical Definition: | The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls. | |
Guide Notes: | plant pigment proteins | |
Also Called: | C-Phycocyanin | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 11016-15-2 |
Previously Indexed: | Bile Pigments (1971-1974),Pigments (1974),Plant Proteins (1971-1974) |
Phycocyanin Medical Definitions and Terms
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