What is xanthophyll used for?
Xanthophylls can function as accessory light-harvesting pigments, as structural entities within the LHC, and as molecules required for the protection of photosynthetic organisms from the potentially toxic effects of light. What type of pigment is xanthophyll? Xanthophylls are a class of oxygen-containing carotenoid pigments,4 responsible for the color of many of the yellow, orange, and…