Changing Colors of Leaves
Nature is a great chemist. It is playing with chemical pigments to present vivid colors. Even a single leaf is a piece of art. There are many classes of pigments present inside it but...
Tagged: Chlorophyll
Chemistry behind the Color of cooked Beans
Cooked green beans can be a vivid green color, or they can turn gradually less colorful, sometimes becoming greyish or brownish. Generally salt is added to the water before boiling vegetables. The reasons given...
Chemistry of leaf colors
Leaves of plants are the factory units for making the food in the form of sugar from carbon dioxide, water and light by a process called photosynthesis. The process is accomplished with the help...
Plants are very Smart Indeed
Plants are very smart, efficient and unforgiving in the energy management. Unlike the animals, who cannot regrow their limbs, plants see to it that inefficient leaves are cast off and replaced by new efficient...
A Symbol of Hope
During intense winters, plants and trees go into a dormancy a period of stagnation. They withdraw the chlorophyll -a pigment responsible for green colour and a must for photosynthesis– from the leaves because they...
Chemistry by Nature
Nature is a great chemist. It synthesizes millions of compounds every moment ranging from simple molecules like methane to very complex molecules like carbohydrates, cellulose and proteins. Most of these compounds are synthesized by...