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I am designing an experiment for my biology assignment and i was thinking of observing the amount of starch formed from different light sources, eg green red blue... What is the best way to measure the amount of starch in a plant and obtain a number? eg 5 drops of a solution etc I read that by adding vitamin c to starch and iodine solution the dark blue colour could become clear.

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The following may be helpful:
Chow PS, Landhausser SM. Tree Physiol. 2004 Oct;24(10):1129-36.
A method for routine measurements of total sugar and starch content in woody plant tissues.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15294759&dopt=Abstract

Sincerely,

Anthony R. Brach, PhD


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