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Question
Tomatoes, carrots and chillies are red in colour due to the presence of one pigment. Name the pigment. Is it a photosynthetic pigment?
Solution
The colour of tomatoes, carrots, and chillies is red because of the pigment Lycopene. This is not a photosynthetic pigment. This pigment is which exists in the plastic is called
- Oxaloacetic acid
- PEPcarboxylase or PEPcase.
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