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Chlorophyll is a green pigment (one of several photosynthetic pigments) that plays a crucial role in producing food for green plants by synthesizing simple sugars (glucose) from carbon dioxide and water in the process of photosynthesis. The by-product of photosynthesis is free oxygen. So chlorophyll is a vital chemical in maintenance of life on Earth, providing food and oxygen for living things.

The reaction preformed by chlorophyll can be expressed as:

6CO2 + 6H20 + Sunlight => C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6O2

6 molecules of Carbon dioxide and 6 molecules of Water are converted into

1 molecule of glucose sugar and 6 molecules of oxygen.

  • Chlorophyll is found in chloroplasts, an organelle found in the cells of the plant; chloroplasts are found in the green portions of the plant (leaves and stems).
  • Green plants which can produce their own food are called autotrophs (or autotrophic).
  • Chlorophyll is found in two different forms (chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b) which absorb slightly different wavelengths of light. Plants use the blue and red portion of the visible light spectrum and reflect green light giving plants their green color
  • Interestingly, the chemical structure of Chlorophyll is almost identical to that of heamoglobin found in the blood in our bodies - the difference is that heamoglobin uses an iron (Fe) atom to carry oxygen, where as chlorophyll uses Magnesium (Mg) as an oxygen carrier.
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