phycobilin

English

Noun

phycobilin (plural phycobilins)

(biochemistry) any of a group of highly coloured pigments found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments

Translations

highly coloured pigment found in photosynthetic algae

Italian: ficobilina (it) f

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