Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Evaluation of Pigments from Cymbopogon citratus (Lemon grass)

Vrushali Kadam, Sensei Surendra Sawardekar

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Colour is a visual perception which helps in judging the subjective quality of product. (Thorat PP, Sawate AR, Patil BM and Kshirsagar RB). Chlorophyll is a green photosynthetic pigment which helps plants to get energy from light. (Thorat PP, Sawate AR, Patil BM and Kshirsagar RB). Pigment system in plants maintains the activity of trapping electrons from a ray of light produced by the sun. These electrons of a particular spectrum are trapped and processed through a photosystem in plants. Hence, various metabolism relies on the pigment system which support plant for regulation of atmospheric balance. The quality of plant leaf and the balance of nutrient contents in plants is majorly due to a pigment system. Various research had proven the importance of the pigments. For example: Xanthophyll cycle‐related thermal dissipation in the PSII antennae was enhanced significantly in senescent leaves, which may protect the photosynthetic apparatus from photoinhibitory damage in senescent leaves when exposed to high light.(Congming Lu

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EVALUATION OF PIGMENTS FROM CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS (LEMON GRASS), Vrushali Kadam, Sensei Surendra Sawardekar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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