Lemon juice can be used as catalyst in organic chemistry.
Ascorbic acid from lemon juice act as a preservative; the reaction between polyphenol oxidase (an enzyme) with oxygen from air is stopped.
A catalyst speeds up a reaction and an inhibitor slows down a reaction
The opposite of a catalyst is an inhibitor, something that suppresses or slows a reaction.
In chemistry it is Inhibitor
Grapefruit juice is an inhibitor of enzymes.
A negative catalyst is added to a reaction to slow down a process as does an inhibitor. From this you could say that they are equivalent.
No, a catalyst and an inhibitor serve different purposes in a chemical reaction. A catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy, while an inhibitor decreases the rate of a reaction by interfering with the reaction mechanism. They cannot be used interchangeably.
Catalyst: a substance which promote and help a chemical reaction. Inhibitor: a substance which greatly reduces the rate of a chemical reaction.
An "inhibitor" (aka negative catalyst) slows or blocks a chemical reaction. In some cases this can also be called a deterrent or a retardant. The term anticatalyst(anti-catalyst) refers to blocking the action of a catalyst.
A catalyst lower the activation energy (speeds up the reaction) while an inhibitor increases the activation energy (slows it down).
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what is the conversion of concentrated lemon juice to the juice of a real lemon(in teaspoon)