Tob. Sci., 1957, 1-01, p. 1-5, ISSN.0082-4623
Estimation of the plastid pigments of tobacco
Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
A rapid spectrophotometric method for the estimation of total chlorophyll, chlorophyll a. and chlorophyll b, total carotenoid, "carotene," and “xanthophyll” in total extracts of plastid Pigments is described. As defined in this procedure, "carotene"...