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'''Photosynthesis''' is the process that takes place in the [[Chloroplast|chloroplasts]] in [[cell]]s which uses [[Carbon Dioxide]] and [[Water]] to produce [[Glucose]] and [[Oxygen]] using the [[energy]] [[Transfer|transferred]] to the [[organism]] by sunlight.
:<ref name = "Whitmarsh_1999"chem>{{cite book | veditors = Singhal GS, Renger G, Sopory SK, Irrgang KD, Govindjee | title = Concepts in Photobiology: Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis | chapter = Chapter 2: The Basic Photosynthetic Process | vauthors = Whitmarsh J, Govindjee | year = 1999 | publisher = Kluwer Academic Publishers | location = Boston | isbn = 978NaCl + AgNO3 -0-7923-5519-9 | chapterurl = https://books.google.com/books?id=dqSuoOtDM1cC&lpg=PA13&dq=photosynthesis%20reaction%20equation%20generalized&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=photosynthesis%20reaction%20equation%20generalized&f=false | page = 13 }}</ref>: {{underset|carbon<br/>dioxide|CO<sub>2</sub>}} NaNO3 + {{underset|electron donor|2H<sub>2</sub>A}} + {{underset|light energy|[[photons]]}} → {{underset|[[carbohydrate]]|[​CH<sub>2</sub>O​]}} + {{underset|oxidized<br/>electron<br/>donor|2A}} + {{underset|water|H<sub>2AgCl(v)</subchem>O}}