The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds. Photosynthesis comprises two separate processes: the light reactions and the dark reactions. In higher plants; GREEN ALGAE; and CYANOBACTERIA; NADPH and ATP formed by the light reactions drive the dark reactions which result in the fixation of carbon dioxide. (from Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001)
    

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Jan Ingen-Housz with his servant Dominique demonstrating the properties of vegetables. Soft-ground etching.

The physiology of photosynthesis / by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose.

The Amsterdam pharmacist Willem van Barneveld (1747-1826) and the discovery of photosynthesis (1778) / by H.A.M. Snelders.

Evolution of photosynthetic mechanisms / Melvin Calvin.

Chlorophyll organization and energy transfer in photosynthesis.

Problems in photosynthesis / [Willem Bladergroen].

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The physiology of photosynthesis / by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose.

The Amsterdam pharmacist Willem van Barneveld (1747-1826) and the discovery of photosynthesis (1778) / by H.A.M. Snelders.

Evolution of photosynthetic mechanisms / Melvin Calvin.

Chlorophyll organization and energy transfer in photosynthesis.

Problems in photosynthesis / [Willem Bladergroen].