Ward's® Chromatography of Amino Acids
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Do you know how to separate proteins?
- Middle or high school activity
- Aligned to NGSS Standards PS1.A and PS1.B
- Contains a teacher's guide and study study guide copymasters
Amino acids are the fundamental building blocks of all proteins. Often times scientists may need to identify the amino acid contained in a protein. One such method for separating and identifying individual amino acids is paper chromatography.
In this activity, students will perform a paper chromatography experiment on three known amino acids, and then use their results to identify the components of an unknown amino acid mixture.
Caution: This product can expose you to chemicals including Methanol/Methyl isobutyl ketone, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm. For more information go to http://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Specifications
- Description:Chromatography of Amino Acids
- No. of lab groups:15
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