What does Chlorophyll a and b depicts?
Chlorophyll a is a form of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll a is mainly used in light reactions used in photosynthesis. It loses excited electrons allowing them to move to the electron acceptor (redox reaction) which in turn moves it through the electron transport chain. It absorbs energy from the violet-blue and orange-red wavelengths.[1] It has relatively high Kreft’s dichromaticity index. Chlorophyll ‘a’ contains alternating single and double bonds, a phytol tail, and a central magnesium atom. Chlorophyll a absorbs its energy from the Violet-Blue and Reddish orange-Red wavelengths, and little from the intermediate (Green-Yellow-Orange) wavelengths. Accessory pigments such as chlorophyll b (as well as c, d, and e in algae and protistans), xanthophylls, and carotenoids (such as beta-carotene) helps in photosynthesis by absorbing light energy and it is more soluble than chlorophyll a because of its carbonyl group.
