Chemistry, asked by sonujolly6141, 1 year ago

Why we remove the green color of a leaf before testing it for starch?

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Answered by artislifeforme1
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We remove the green color ie. chlorophyll to observe the changes occurring in the leaf during the iodine test. when the chlorophyll is removed, it is easy to see change in color of the leaf.

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Answered by isaacbgeorgeibg
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Explanation:

We remove the green color of a leaf before testing it with starch because the green color contains water in it


Ragini42: wrong
Ragini42: Chlorophyll is a green pigment and so masks the colour change of the iodine testfor starch. Chlorophyll needs to be removed from the leaf i.e. the leaf needs tobe ' decolourized' for changes to be observed. A decolourized leaf is pale yellow or green. this is write ans
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