Green Spinach Leaf Pigment Chromatography Include a list of

Green Spinach Leaf Pigment Chromatography

Include a list of the pigments, or bands of colors, that you see after the green spinach leaf pigments have been separated by paper chromatography. For each of the pigment bands, include the distance (in cm) from the starting line that it traveled, and what percentage of the total distance that represents. Do any of these pigments correspond to the pigments that you listed in the Introduction, and if so, which ones?

Solution

Plant pigment is separated by chromatography. The Rf value is calculated compared standard Rf value of different pigment

Formula of Rf value is , Rf = Distance travelled by compound / Distance traveled by solvent.

Pigment present in spinach leaf can be identified , chlorophyll is mostly present in spinach leaves which can be identified by this method too.