Sentences with phrase «plant pigment known»

While it focused largely on the health - giving plant pigment known as the carotenoid, the report serves as an excellent reminder: As moms, our diets matter.

Quercetin, found naturally in kale, arugula, swiss chard, and spinach leaves, belongs to a group of plant pigments known as flavanoids that are partly responsible for the color of many fruits and vegetables.

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He also knew that a yellow rice grain would most likely carry beta carotene, a yellow plant pigment, that humans can convert to vitamin A as needed.

As proposed by Andrew Goldsworthy in 1987, cyanobacteria and later chloroplast - related protists and plants developed after microbes that used a purple pigment bacteriorhodopsin that absorbs green light dominated the oceans, and so the new photosynthetic cyanobacteria were forced to use the left - over light with chlorophyll that reflects green light, which was too complex to change even after purple - reflecting photosynthetic lifeforms were no longer dominant (Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist, September 10, 2010 — more on the evolution of photosynthetic life and plants on Earth).

The lifeblood of plants, chlorophyll is the pigment that makes them green and is known to have immune - boosting properties for humans.

Polyphenols belong to the group of compounds known as phytochemicals, which are antioxidants found in plant pigments.

The resulting «all in one» liquid nutritional supplement contains a blend of carbohydrates, protein and fat, along with vital micronutrients, omega - 3 fatty acids, carotenoids (natural plant - contained pigments with antioxidant capacities) and amino acids known to independently improve critical performance factors such as executive function, reaction time, aerobic endurance and muscle strength.

Most of us know that plants are green thanks to chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigments that turn sunlight into energy.