Hugo von Mohl first discovered chloroplast in 1837, while Eduard Strasburger, in 1884, adopted the term ‘chloroplasts’. Other Important Functions:
Producing NADPH, the reducing agent required to synthesize glucose in the dark reaction of photosynthesis and also in other biosynthetic pathwaysReleasing molecular oxygen (O2) by photolysis of waterProviding protection to plants against pathogens along with nucleus, cell membrane and endoplasmic reticulum of the cellReproducing independently from the rest of the cell, since it has its own DNAProducing amino acids and lipids required for the production of chloroplast membrane
