Methylene blue is used to stain animal cells, such as human cheek cells, to make their nuclei more observable. Also used to staining the blood film and used in cytology. It gives a blue coloration to the human cheek cell.
Methylene blue can act on only dead yeast cells because it is able to penetrate the cell membrane easier when the cell is dead, allowing it to enter and stain the cell. In live yeast cells, the cell membrane is intact and acts as a barrier, preventing methylene blue from entering and staining the cell.
When you added methylene blue to the living yeast cell, the methylene blue is actually a dye so you could see the cells, therefore, the yeast cell became blue. It is much the same with hair dye. If you have a bottle of blue hair dye, it will dye your hair blue.
because methylene blue turns colourless when it is reduced by hydrogen. during respiration hydrogen is produced and instead of reducing NAD, it reduces methylene blue and turns methylene blue colourless. if methylene blue goes from blue to colourless then this shows that the cell is respiring as it is producing a suffiecient amount of hydrogen to decolourise methylene blue
This is because the cheek cell is transparent. Since the membrane of the cheek cell is selectively permeable, it allows the methylene blue to enter the cell , therefore makes it blue in color from the inside. Then we are able to see the cheek cell properly under a microscope... please note. : we are supposed to add a bit of water and gliserene too . WATER : to transfer the cheek cells on to the slide AND GLISERENE: to prevent the cheek cells from drying up.
Methylene blue is necessary for various applications, such as in medical diagnostics, staining biological tissues, and as a medication to treat methemoglobinemia. It is also used as a redox indicator in chemical reactions and as a dye in various industries. In microscopy, methylene blue can help highlight cell structures for better visualization.
Methylene blue is a membrane-permeable dye that can enter the cell and bind to cellular components, such as proteins and nucleic acids. This binding can alter the osmotic properties of the cell and affect its solute potential. Methylene blue can also disrupt the electron transport chain in mitochondria, leading to changes in cellular metabolism and solute potential.
i think the methylene blue will be make aqua blue because the charcoal will penerate the color of methylene blue,,,there are absorption process,,,in the charoal between the methylene blue.... (kharlz)
Methylene blue can act on only dead yeast cells because it is able to penetrate the cell membrane easier when the cell is dead, allowing it to enter and stain the cell. In live yeast cells, the cell membrane is intact and acts as a barrier, preventing methylene blue from entering and staining the cell.
When you added methylene blue to the living yeast cell, the methylene blue is actually a dye so you could see the cells, therefore, the yeast cell became blue. It is much the same with hair dye. If you have a bottle of blue hair dye, it will dye your hair blue.
If methylene blue is blue, it means that the compound is in its oxidized state (methylene blue) and has accepted electrons. Methylene blue can exist in both oxidized (blue) and reduced (colorless) forms depending on its redox state.
Methylene blue stains everything blue.
because methylene blue turns colourless when it is reduced by hydrogen. during respiration hydrogen is produced and instead of reducing NAD, it reduces methylene blue and turns methylene blue colourless. if methylene blue goes from blue to colourless then this shows that the cell is respiring as it is producing a suffiecient amount of hydrogen to decolourise methylene blue
Methylene blue will diffuse faster than potassium permanganate. Methylene blue has a smaller molecular size and a higher diffusion rate compared to potassium permanganate.
Methylene blue appears blue because of its molecular structure, which allows it to absorb light in the red-orange range of the visible spectrum and reflect or transmit light in the blue range. This selective absorption and reflection of light wavelengths give methylene blue its distinctive blue color.
This is because the cheek cell is transparent. Since the membrane of the cheek cell is selectively permeable, it allows the methylene blue to enter the cell , therefore makes it blue in color from the inside. Then we are able to see the cheek cell properly under a microscope... please note. : we are supposed to add a bit of water and gliserene too . WATER : to transfer the cheek cells on to the slide AND GLISERENE: to prevent the cheek cells from drying up.
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