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Chlorophyll degradation products in leaf protein preparations
Author(s) -
Holden Margaret
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740251111
Subject(s) - pheophorbide a , chlorophyll , degradation (telecommunications) , protein degradation , chemistry , chlorophyll a , botany , biology , food science , biochemistry , telecommunications , computer science
Abstract Following the report of photosensitisation of albino rats when fed lucerne leaf protein (LP) and the suggestion that this was due to pheophorbide, the amounts of chlorophyll‐degradation products in LPs from a range of species were determined. The results were correlated with the chlorophyllase activity of the leaves from which the preparations were made.