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. 2011 Feb 18;17(8):2330–2334. doi: 10.1002/chem.201003313

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Scheme 1 — Structural outline of chlorophyll breakdown in senescent leaves: chlorophylls a and b are rapidly degraded to the colourless, nonfluorescent chlorophyll catabolites (NCCs), such as Cj-NCC-1 (1), an NCC found in leaves of Cercidiphyllum japonicum.[5, 8, 9]