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Write two functions of carotenoids.

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(i) Carotenoids act as antenna complexes and absorb light form the visible spectrum other than the chlorophyll molecules and pass the energy to the reaction centre of photosynthesis. (ii) They also protect the chlorophyll form photooxidation.
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