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    Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes, are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective...
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    A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance. Pigments are completely or nearly insoluble and chemically unreactive in water or...
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  • Photopigment (category Pigments)
    responsible for visual perception, but also melanopsin and others. Biological pigment Epstein, R.J. (2003). Human Molecular Biology: An Introduction to...
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    (kuáneos/kuanoûs) 'dark blue'), also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black. In...
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    norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine (adrenaline), and the biological pigment melanin. It is encoded by the messenger RNA codons UUU and UUC. Phenylalanine...
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    the petals are slightly pink due to the effect of anthocyanin, a biological pigment, and the petals are sometimes dark pink due to exposure to low temperature...
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  • Carmine (category Biological pigments)
    lake – is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code names for the pigment include natural...
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  • A respiratory pigment is a metalloprotein that serves a variety of important functions, its main being O2 transport. Other functions performed include...
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    that are not absorbed by the pigment, but instead are reflected. Biological pigments include plant pigments and flower pigments. Animals can appear coloured...
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    Bilins, bilanes or bile pigments are biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins. Bilin (also called bilichrome)...
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