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Most of the plants contain a green colouring pigment which is responsible for photosynthesis . This pigment was named chlorophyll by

A

Melvin Calvin

B

Jeam Senebier

C

Julius Robert Mayer

D

Pelletice Caventor

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Pelletier and Caventou (1818) discovered chlorophyll. It could be separated from leaf by boiling in alcohol.
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