<P> Like other carotenoids , xanthophylls are found in highest quantity in the leaves of most green plants , where they act to modulate light energy and perhaps serve as a non-photochemical quenching agent to deal with triplet chlorophyll ( an excited form of chlorophyll ) , which is overproduced at high light levels in photosynthesis . The xanthophylls found in the bodies of animals , and in dietary animal products , are ultimately derived from plant sources in the diet . For example , the yellow color of chicken egg yolks , fat , and skin comes from ingested xanthophylls ( primarily lutein , which is often added to chicken feed for this purpose ) . </P>
<P> Like other carotenoids , xanthophylls are found in highest quantity in the leaves of most green plants , where they act to modulate light energy and perhaps serve as a non-photochemical quenching agent to deal with triplet chlorophyll ( an excited form of chlorophyll ) , which is overproduced at high light levels in photosynthesis . The xanthophylls found in the bodies of animals , and in dietary animal products , are ultimately derived from plant sources in the diet . For example , the yellow color of chicken egg yolks , fat , and skin comes from ingested xanthophylls ( primarily lutein , which is often added to chicken feed for this purpose ) . </P>
where is xanthophyll found in a plant 's cell
where is xanthophyll found in a plant 's cell
leaves
leaves