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Not in general. It does protect the flesh of the apple from certain specific chemical changes (such as oxidation) to some extent, by keeping the oxygen away from the flesh. This is why an apple rapidly turns brown when you cut it: the previously protected flesh is now exposed to oxygen in the air.
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What chemicals are in apples?
Water, sugars (mainly fructose), citric acid, malic acid, tyrosine (which turns the apple brown), flavinoids, querticin and fiber(cellulose). Ethylene is a gas produced by the apple which causes the flesh and skin to ripen.
What part of an apple is healthiest..the skin or the meat?
It would be the skin
What part of the skin produces the pigments that protect the skin for UV rays?
The melanocytes in the epidermis produce the pigments that protect the skin from UV rays.
Is silver salts discoloring the skin by reacting with skin protein a chemical property?
This is a chemical reaction.
Is getting a sun burn a chemical change or a physical change?
"sunburn" results from physical damage caused to your skin by overexposure to Ultraviolet emissions, usually from the sun but it can also come from a UV lamp. UV light affects damage to the DNA of your skin cells. In defense those cells will produce melanin, a chemical response to try to repair this damage, which also darkens the color of the skin ( a "sun tan").
What are the physical and chemical changes of an apple?
If you cut an apple and keep, the colour changes to brown. This is physical change. Apple has iron (in the form of ferrous salts). The colour is due to the formation of harmful ferric compounds and this is a chemical change (conversion of ferrous to ferric).
How many sensory receptors are in skin?
thermorecepter temperature;chemorecepters chemical changes
What is an apple's skin called?
Apple with no skin
Which is a topical skin protectant that will protect personnel from penetration or absorption of liquid chemical agents?
M291
What is the definition of apple skin?
skin that comes off an apple
Explain why skin gets dark in the sun?
a chemical in our skin called melanain, comes forward to protect our body from uv rays, and thus produces a tan
What is healthier the apple or skin of apple?
Both are equally as important and its always better to eat an apple with the skin on! :)
What chemicals are in apples?
Water, sugars (mainly fructose), citric acid, malic acid, tyrosine (which turns the apple brown), flavinoids, querticin and fiber(cellulose). Ethylene is a gas produced by the apple which causes the flesh and skin to ripen.
Correct apostrophe for The apples skin was rather tough?
This is a possessive - "The skin of the apple" so it goes "The apple's skin was rather tough" If there's more than one apple you'd say "The apples' skins were rather tough"
How is skin used to protect the body?
skin is used to protect the bones from any harm
What does not protect the skin from bacteria?
the temperature of the skin.
What does an apple do to your skin?
rotting it.
