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Brown colour of phaeophyceae is due to the high concentration of a pigment called -


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Fucoxanthin

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Phycocyanin

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Phycobilin

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Phycoerythrin

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Solution

The correct option is A

Fucoxanthin


A characteristic brown pigment called fucoxanthin gives brown colour to Phaeophyceae members of Algae. They vary in colour from olive green to various shades of brown depending upon the amount of fucoxanthin present in them.


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