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Iodine is a nonmetallic crystaline element in the halogen family, not a plant.
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∙ 12y agoThe main source of plant iodine is kelp!
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Why use iodine in plant cells staining?
People use iodine on plant cells because it reacts with the starch in the cell causing it to change colour and allowing you to see it through a microscope
Why does lugol's iodine stain a cell?
iodine indicates polysaccharides, therefore plant cells can be stained with iodine, staining the chloroplasts- composed of starch(a polysaccharide), and the cell wall- composed of cellulose ( a polysaccharide)
When iodine solution is dropped onto plant cells why do dark blue spots appear?
Dark blue spots appear to show that there is starch on the plant cells. -Anonymous-
Why is Iodine used in Gram staining?
Iodine is added as a mordant to enhance crystal violet staining by forming a crystal violet-iodine complex.
Mineral is responsible for affecting the normal functioning of the thyroid gland?
Iodine is required to produce thyroid hormones.Besides iodine Selenium is also required by the thyroid gland as major co-factors in its function to regulate metabolism.Zinc is required for the production of thyroid hormones.
What color is iodine?
Iodine is purple.As a gas iodine is approx. violet or purple, as solid is very brown.Brown if no starch on plant. Dark blue if there is starch on plant.
Why iodine use in plant cell?
its help in plant cell growth.
What marine plant is iodine obtained?
Kelp.
Which micronutrient is not essential for plant growth and health?
IODINE
What is the test for chlorophyll?
place a leave in a glass of iodine (brown colour), if it turns the iodine green its means chlorophyll is present. (iodine will evaporate the chlorophyll out of the plant)
Why use iodine in plant cells staining?
People use iodine on plant cells because it reacts with the starch in the cell causing it to change colour and allowing you to see it through a microscope
Was iodine discovered in Italy or France?
Bernard Courtois discovered iodine while working at his family's saltpeter plant in Paris in 1811.
Why iodine tablet supplied to people living near nuclear power plant?
Iodine tablets are used in a nuclear accident to saturate the thyroid with non radioactive iodine. During a nuclear accident, radioactive iodine is released and the critical organ in the human body is the thyroid gland. Therefore if the thyroid is already full of non radioactive iodine the radioactive iodine can not be absorbed.
A leaf was taken from a plant boiled with ethanol and tested with iodine solution what is it tested for?
Starch, I think, because iodine solution is the test for starch.
Why does lugol's iodine stain a cell?
iodine indicates polysaccharides, therefore plant cells can be stained with iodine, staining the chloroplasts- composed of starch(a polysaccharide), and the cell wall- composed of cellulose ( a polysaccharide)
What stain is used to test for plant starch in cells?
aqueous iodine in the form of potassium iodide turns purple in the presence of starches in water.
What food doesn't react with iodine?
It's very likely that Iodine will react with plant products, since Iodine reacts with starch. Negative controls (glucose, water, and protein) could be used to verify the result.
