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Photooxidation of chlorophyll is prevented by
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In higher plants carotenoid pigments that play active role in the xanthophyll cycle are violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin. Xanthophyll cycle is present to protect chloroplast from high intensity of sunlight.
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