Why is leaf boiled in alcohol before DOI the starch test?
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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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Thus process is done to depigment the leaf
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