- phaeophorbide
[phaeophorbide 词源字典]
- "A greyish-green compound formed by the degradation of chlorophyll or phaeophytin (e.g. by strong acid or by enzymes), having the structure of phaeophytin with the phytyl group replaced by a hydrogen atom; (more fully phaeophorbide a, phaeophorbide b) either of two forms of this, derived from chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b respectively", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Chemical Abstracts. From German Phäophorbid from ancient Greek ϕαιός grey + ϕορβή pasture, food + German -id.[phaeophorbide etymology, phaeophorbide origin, 英语词源]