Pigment or Organism Name: ÒPheophytin c (ether) (Taniguchi, 2017 pers. comm.)Ó Type: biological pigment Description: Absorbance spectrum of in vitro Pheophtin c in diethyl ether x-axis label: wavelength x-axis units: nm y-axis label: absorbance y-axis units: arbitrary units error label: error units: Source/Contact: Masahiko Taniguchi, Jonathan Lindsey, North Carolina State University References: Jeffrey S. W. (1963) Purification and properties of chlorophyll c from Sargassum flavicans. Biochemical Journal, 86: 313. French C. S., James H. C. S., Hemming I. V., and Robert L. A. (1956) Fluorescence-Spectrum Curves of Chlorophylls, Pheophytins, Phycoerythrins, Phycocyanins and Hypericin. Plant Physiology, 31: 369-374. Comments: Normalized absorption spectrum of Pheophytin c dissolved in diethyl ether from measurements made by Jeffrey (1963), digitized by Masahiko Taniguchi. Absorbance maximum is at 430 nm, with broad minor peaks at 530.02 nm, 570 nm, and 591 nm. Keywords: pheophytin c, photosynthetic pigment, accessory pigment, porphyrin, cyanobacteria, chromophyte algae Datafile name: Pheophytinc_ether_Taniguchi_2017_spec.csv