what process you follow in your laboratory to study presence of starch in leaves
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First v boil the leaf in water n then in alcohol.
Then v add iodine solution to it. Areas which turned blue black would consist of starch and the areas which won't would not have starch
Then v add iodine solution to it. Areas which turned blue black would consist of starch and the areas which won't would not have starch
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Starch is a non- reducing sugar synthesized and stored in amylo-plasts in plants.
The starch in the leaves on reaction with iodine solution (orange-brown) forms blue-black colored solution.
The blue- black color is formed by entrapment of tri-iodide in starch.
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