Extracted chlorophyll pigments
- If we take chlorophyll molecule in a test tube and provide 2 CO and water and expose the mixture to sunlight, glucose is not formed.
- If we do the same experiment with intact chloroplasts glucose is formed. This suggests that intact structure of chloroplast is required for photosynthesis.
- Chloroplast is a difinite structure containing different types of pigment molecules organised into pigment system.
- Chloroplyll is one among the few other pigments present in the chloroplast
- All the pigment molecules including chlorophyll are required for photosynthesis
- These different molecules are arranged in a specific manner, facilitating the process of photosynthesis.