Nitrogen is an essential constituent of the following compound in plants ........

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Nitrogen is an essential constituent of the following compound in plants:

Chlorophy II

Carotenes

Xanthine

Xanthocyanin

Explanation:

Ans. Chlorophy II

Nitrogen is so vital because it is a major component of chlorophyll, the compound by which plants use sunlight energy to produce sugars from water and carbon dioxide (i.e., photosynthesis). It is also a major component of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Without proteins, plants wither and die.