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The next important group of compounds used in Organic Geochemistry is not defined by their principal biosynthesis pathway (as for isoprenoids and polyketides) but by their visual properties. Coloring of particular parts of organism is an essential function for visual communication of organism (e.g. to attract or to repel other individuals). This account for both, animals and plants. Color in organism is related to pigments or dyes dominantly belonging to organic substances. The color of organic substances is strongly linked with their molecular structure.
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Schwarzbauer, J., Jovančićević, B. (2016). Pigments. In: From Biomolecules to Chemofossils. Fundamentals in Organic Geochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25075-5_5
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