BIOL 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spinach, Pigment, Chlorophyll

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Adnan kraidieh, lily saouda, kamyab shahmiri & claire douglas. Determining the specific types of pigments found in a spinach leaf & light absorbed by chlorophyll pigments. Pigments are found in thylakoid membranes of plants, they absorb certain wavelengths of visible light synthesizing high-energy compounds carrying out photosynthesis. Each pigment absorbs different types of wavelengths and reflects different colors depending on their characteristics (1). The purpose of this lab is to determine the specific types of pigments found in a spinach leaf, and to record what light is absorbed by chlorophyll pigments. Completing a chromatography will determine the different types of pigments. Chromatography is a procedure that separates substances in a mixture based on their size, solubility and charge by passing it through a medium. During the lab, a concentrated line created by the spinach leaf represented the medium. As the solvent passed through the medium a variety of colors were revealed, representing different pigments that travelled at different rates (2).

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