Japanese research team finds key mechanism of chlorophyll dextoxification in aquatic ecosystems

Capacity of chlorophyll to generate toxic singlet oxygen is widely eliminated by protists feeding on algae through formation of an enol (cPPB-.alpha.E), a detoxified catabolite of chlorophyll a.

PNAS online Sept. 4, 2012, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1207347109

Japanese research team finds key mechanism of chlorophyll dextoxification in aquatic ecosystems
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