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Chlorophyll vs Peridinin - What's the difference?

chlorophyll | peridinin |

As nouns the difference between chlorophyll and peridinin

is that chlorophyll is chlorophyll (green pigment) while peridinin is a light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (pcp) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

chlorophyll

English

(wikipedia chlorophyll)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

    • Derived terms

    * chlorophyll a * chlorophyll b * chlorophyll c * chlorophyllous

    Coordinate terms

    * anthocyanin, carotenoid, xanthophyll

    peridinin

    English

    (wikipedia peridinin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll which appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.