Carotenoids

@robsabba: carotenoids don't really absorb much green light, look up an absorbtion spectrum if you don't believe me. @dummy92 The plants will actually grow in green light for a while, and they will probably grow faster. Here's ...

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... parts of the spectrum where chlorophyll absorbs light. This doesn't mean that green light isn't used at all, especially by other pigments such as carotenoids. I would expect that they wouldn't grow as fast, and that perhaps the leaves will produce less chlorophyll (less green).

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... process of photosynthesis. A typical plant leaf houses around five different types of pigments; chlorophyll a and b, xanthophyll, anthocyanin, and carotenoids. Each pigment absorbs and reflect different wavelengths and thus they appear as different colours once exposed; chlorophyll a and b least ...

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... which affects all the tissues. Most of the various antioxidant supplements which are effective against the inflammation include all the natural carotenoids, essential nutrients such as the vitamin A, a chemical compound like rutin, the citrus based hesperidins, the compound quercetin, the class ...

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... for use by humans et al. United States Patent Application 20020168703 Hoshino, Tatsuo; et al. November 14, 2002 Process for the manufacture of carotenoids and biologically useful materials thereof Abstract A process is provided for producing a carotenoid, which process includes cultivating ...

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