Biology, asked by donipellylinganna, 8 months ago

why do we boil the leaf in alchohol when we are testing it for starch

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Answered by hargunpreetKaur

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This procedure kills a leaf, disrupts the cell membranes and softens the cuticle and cell walls. This makes it possible to extract the chlorophyll with hot ethanol and also allows the iodine solution to penetrate the cells and react with any starch present.

Answered by Anonymous

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This procedure kills a leaf, disrupts the cell membranes and softens the cuticle and cell walls. This makes it possible to extract the chlorophyll with hot ethanol and also allows the iodine solution to penetrate the cells and react with any starch present.

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