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phycocyanin

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004924

The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004924
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsophycobiliprotein
TranslationsSpanish: ficocianina
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004924",
  "term": "phycocyanin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "phycobiliprotein"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ficocianina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/phycocyanin/"
}

Record 4,924 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.