10 to 15 minutes
A cactus
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to check if it is safe to eat
It is to store food & water.
greenThe colour of cactus is a green colour
Boiling a leaf in alcohol removes its chlorophyll, so the leaf loses its green colour.
To brew you drink. The hot water releases chemicals in the leaf.
Thorns are leaf modifications in opuntia (a type of cactus) and a stem modification in bougainvillea. So it depends on the type of plant.
benifit of arjun leaf eating
It is to kill the cytoplasm, denaturate the enzyme and makes the leaf become more permeable to the iodine solution, therefor, we have to boil a leaf for starch test
It's cell walls will break down and the leaf becomes soft/flaccid
to kill the cell which disrupt the cell membranes and softens the cuticle and cell walls