BEETROOT PIGMENTS - and membranes – These pigments are betalain pigments (not‚ as often thought‚ anthocyanins)‚ which they replace in some organisms. They are named after the Beet family of plants (Beta) but are also found in fungi (Fly Agaric - the red‚ spotted one!). In petals they presumably attract pollinating insects and may be present in seeds/fruits to encourage birds to eat them and so disperse the seeds. Man has selected for colour in beetroot‚ both because
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INTRODUCTION Plant pigments consist of four main chemicals. These are Chlorophylls‚ The carotenoids‚ Anthocyanin and Betacaine. The aims of this experiment is to separate the plant pigment into different colours using solvents and column chromatography. The hypothesis of this experiment is that this plant pigment from spinach will contain the chlorophyll pigment or may contain the others too. Chlorophyll: Chlorophyll a is the main component of the plant pigments. This is used for the most
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I. Introduction Out of all the organelles there are two that have fascinated microbiologists for the past hundred years. The first is the mitochondria‚ nicknamed the "powerhouse of the cell." The second is the chloroplast in plant cells that have functions similar to those of the mitochondria. What do these organelles do? What are the similarities and differences of these organelles? This essay will help you to understand these two fascinating organelles. II. Mitochondria Mitochondria
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Determining Rates of Photosynthesis Through Chloroplasts Introduction: 1)Background= 2) Purpose= measure the rate of photosynthesis in chloroplasts. 3) The chloroplast will be subjected to two experimental conditions- light‚ and the absence of light‚ using a spectrophotometer to determine the amount of DPIP reduced at specific time intervals under each condition. 4) I predict the amount of DPIP reduced will vary for each condition and increase over the time intervals. I hypothesize
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Lab 11- Plant pigment and Photosynthesis Zelda Salfati December 20th‚ 2012 BIOL 1012Y Partners Lab: Nicole Mintz‚ Bayla Kronman
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Chromatography: How can we separate a mixture? Purpose The chromatography lab is to understand how molecules with similar molecular properties can be separated with paper chromatography. These differences will be interpreted to see the distinction of separate chemical substances. Pre Lab Questions 1. Explain capillary action as it pertains to water and paper. Capillary action makes water draw up the paper. As paper absorbs water mixes with the solutions in the paper. 2. What is the
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provided for. Good luck!!! CHROMATOGRAPHY (By: Mayflor Markusic) KALIKASAN: Everyday Science in Action Volume 4 No. 1; pages 22-24 a) What is chromatography? 1 2 3 4 ____________________________________________________________ ________________ b) Give examples of mixtures which can be separated through chromatography. 4 5 6 7 ________________________________________ ______________________________________ c) How is chromatography done? 4 5 6 7 ________
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Paper chromatography is an important separation technique that depends upon differences in how strongly the dyes are adsorbed onto the paper (stationary phase) and how soluble the dyes are in the developing solvent (mobile phase). In paper chromatography‚ a small amount of the mixture to be separated is placed close to the edge of a piece of paper. The edge of the paper is then immersed in a developing solution. As the developing solution ascends up the paper by capillary action‚ the. components
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Experiment 5 Analysis of Plant Pigment Purpose: Chromatography is used for separation. In this case the separation of plant pigments. After placing the plant sample in the column the separation will be easy to see and the samples will be analyzed using VIS spectrophotometry. This is used to isolate and identify the different lipids causing the different pigmentations. Introduction: Lipids are chemically diverse substances found in cells. Lipids are water-insoluble‚ structural components
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Search the web. Some interesting sites are listed below. Note that some of these sites go into much more depth than is reasonable for this course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatography http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/analytical/Chromatography/ http://orgchem.colorado.edu/hndbksupport/TLC/TLC.html this is for TLC – similar to paper http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Chromatography_paper.html http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/Programs/CPL/Sample/modules/paprchrom/paprchromdesc
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