Visual Purple

Of photopigment and rod.   May also be referred to as retinal purple and rhodopsin.

A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light.

This concept's ID is @1~76485

Contains

  • opsin 0 facts

    Retinal protein formed by the action of light on rhodopsin.

  • retinene 0 facts

    Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from rhodopsin by the action of li...