NEET Biology question

The green-coloured pigment present in all autotrophs was named "chlorophyll" by

(A)Pelletier and CaventouCorrect
(B)Julius Robert Mayer
(C)Jean Senebier
(D)Melvin Calvin

Answer: (A)

Solution

The French chemists Pelletier and Caventou first isolated the green pigment from leaves in 1818 and coined the term "chlorophyll" (from the Greek *chloros*,

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