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Methanol breaks down the structure of the beet membrane which in turn release the pigment, betcyanin, the pigment found in beet cell vacuoles that give beets their characteristic colour, and releases it. The more intense the colour you see, the greater damage that had been done on the membrane

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What is cellouse cell wall?

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What does the cell wall do in the plant cell?

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Does a human cell have a cell wall?

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Why do you use 70 percent alcohol and not 90 percent while microbial culture?

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