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Why do apples turn brown after you cut them?

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Dear Nancy,

It's called enzymatic oxidation.

See:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question168.htm

http://www.newswise.com/articles/1999/1/APPLES.ACS.html

Sincerely,

Anthony R. Brach, Ph.D.


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