单词 | rhodophane |
释义 | > as lemmasrhodophane rhodophane n. Brit. /ˈrəʊdəfeɪn/ , U.S. /ˈroʊdəˌfeɪn/ [after German Rhodophan (W. Kühne 1878, in Untersuchungen physiol. Inst. Univ. Heidelberg 1 348)] Biochemistry (now rare) a red carotenoid pigment found in the retinas and other tissues of certain birds, fishes, and other animals.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > substance > pigment > [noun] > human or animal pigments > purple > rhodopsin rhodophane1878 rhodopsin1878 visual purple1878 lumirhodopsin1950 metarhodopsin1950 prelumirhodopsin1963 1878 London Med. Rec. 6 364/2 Three of these colours they have named chlorophane, xanthrophane [sic], and rhodophane, corresponding to a yellowish green, an orange, and a fine red or purple. 1922 L. S. Palmer Carotinoids iv. 144 Krukenberg..lists 14 species of Picides (woodpeckers) whose red [feather] pigment is rhodophane. 1951 H. J. Deuel Lipids I. vi. 511 The term lipochrome was proposed by Krukenberg to cover a number of animal and plant pigments which had been known by such diverse names as luteins, carotin, zoonerythrin, tetronerythrin, chlorophane, xanthophane, and rhodophane. < as lemmas |
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