In a starch test experiment, why is the leaf boiled in alcohol/ethanol over a water bath?

Type: MCQ • Marks: 1

A. To produce oxygen

B. To add glucose to the leaf

C. To remove/dissolve chlorophyll pigment so color changes are clear

D. To soften the leaf membrane

Explanation

Alcohol extracts green chlorophyll from the leaf so that the blue-black iodine color reaction can be easily observed.

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