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V 



A 



cal 



Chi 



Chi* 



(ChlC02)*orC02* 



G 



h 



i 



H 



N 



Units and Symbols 



photosynthetic quotient 



efficiency 



wave-length 



frequency 



quantum yield 



quantum requirement 



energy-rich phosphate bond 



Angstrom unit = 10~^ cm 



= 4.186 X 10^ erg 



chlorophyll 



excited chlorophyll 



photolyte of photosynthesis 



free energy (AG = free energy change) 



Planck's constant = 6.626 X 10"" erg-sec 



absorbed light intensity in jA quanta/min 



incident light intensity in jul quanta/min 



Avogadro's number = 6.02 X 10"^^ 



ADP 



ATP 



Ph 



A— S— H 



DPN+, DPNH 



TPN+, TPNH 



FAD 



FMN 



\i 



TPP + 



TA 



TK 



adenosine diphosphate 



adenosine triphosphate 



inorganic phosphate 



coenzyme A 



diphosphopyridine nucleotide and its reduced form 



triphosphopyridine nucleotide and its reduced form 



flavine adenine dinucleotide 



flavine mononucleotide 



lipoic acid 



thiamine diphosphate 



transaldolase 



transketolase 



1 jumole = 22.4 /il 1 m1 = 0.045 Mmole 



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