From Natural WellBeing Chlorophyll is the color green pigment
that is in plants, algae and also found in cyanobacteria. This
molecule is very important in photosynthesis which is the
process where plants convert light energy to food that they can
use for survival. Chlorophyll was first discovered and isolated
by Joseph Bienaime Caventou and by Pierre Pelletier, both French
chemists in 1817. Without chlorophyll, plants are not able to
manufacture food and humans will not be able to obtain nutrients
from plants as well. Chlorophyll is beneficial in specific
functions involved in plants like growth and cellular
respiration. This amazing importance of chlorophyll to plants
has led to the research of the direct importance of chlorophyll
to humans. History and Origin The name chlorophyll is derived
from the Greek words chloros which means ‘green’ and also
phyllon which means ‘leaf’. It is a chlorin pigment which has
similar structures to that of the human blood. The general
structure of the chlorophyll molecule was