Figure 4.
Energy level diagram of carotenoids and chlorophylls as relevant to the xanthophyll cycle. The S1 energy level of both zeaxanthin (14,030 cm−1) and violaxanthin (14,470 cm−1) lies below the Qy transition of chlorophyll-a.
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