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Chlorophyll is substance that is found in GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES and not in red-coloured vegetables as chlorophyll is the major cause for the colour green in vegetables
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What is more soluble xanthophylls or chlorophyll a?
chlorophyll is more soluble than xanthophyll
Why is red cabbage more expensive than white cabbage?
the communists are taking over.
What is the difference in the different types of chlorophyll?
There are chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. in chlorophyll a there is more energy required than in chlorophyll b. chlorophyll a have an absorption peak at 700 nm in contrast to the 680nm of chlorophyll b. chlorophyll a creates a more greener pigment whereas the chlorophyll b has a more yellow appearance of leaves in the fall. there are also other pigments like carotenes which produce the red in autumn.
What is a garden plant with large crisp green leaves that are used for salad called?
Several fit that description - lettuce, of course, some varieties of spinach are large-leaved, though spinach is more succulent than crisp. And Swiss Chard, which can produce very large leaves, and is a most useful green in the kitchen. Cabbage has very crisp leaves, but is not thought of so much as a "salad" green, more a cooking vegetable, though there is one famous cabbage salad - Cole Slaw.
Is there more than one type of chlorophyll?
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Did the spinach you tested contain different pigments Use your results to support your answer?
The pigments in the green leaf[spinach] contain 2 yellow green[chlorophyll b], faint yellow[carotenes] an yellow[xanthophyll]. In the red leaf[Moses in the Cradle or Poinsettia] the colors and pigments where yellow green[chlorophyll b], faint yellow[carotenes] and red[anthocyanins]. If you did the chromatography paper testing you will notice both leaves have chlorophyll in which indicates that both the red leaf and green leaf can photosyntehsize. [The red leaf also contains chlorophyll even though it is red and not green and absorbs enough light to photosynthesize.]
Is spinach an acid or a base?
Spinach juice is not but an acid may contain some acids (eg. oxalic acid), more than base.
Which vegetable is sold more often cooked than raw?
spinach
Is there more than one color in chlorophyll?
yes, they're millions.
Were is chlorophyll found?
chlorophyll is the green pigment found in plants. If you see a plant and see green you're probably looking at chlorophyll. Also so red algae have chlorophyll its just that they have more red than green.
Why cooked spinach has more lutein than raw spinach?
http://www.nrjournal.com/article/S0271-5317(08)00140-1/abstract
How do you know that the upper level of a leaf has more chlorophyll than the lower level?
It has more color.
