how to extract chlorophyll from plants

extracting chlorophyllin this episode i show you how to extract chlorophyll from spinach or any other green leaf. im not entirely sure what use chlorophyll has in the lab but anyone who can find a use for it, feel free to post a video response. do not drink the green liquid solution. Also the liquid smells terrible so try not to inhale.

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Science & Technology

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• extracting
• chlorophyll
• science
• chemistry
• biology

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

i need chlorophyll can chromatography separate the other organic residue leaving chlorophyll behind

[TheChemlife]

@ThePlasmadroid1x yes it would be pure. i hope you aren't planning on drinking this. even with the chromatography it isn't safe to consume. if you want to drink/eat it just go to shoppers drug mart and buy a bottle. they sell it there for cheap

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

is this pure chlorophyll

[TheChemlife]

@ThePlasmadroid1x no. its a mixture of many things but it is largely chlorophyll. a simple separation through chromatography will allow you to isolate the pure chlorophyll

[PsalmsNmyrrh]

I thought isopropyll was poisonous. would it not be better to use 100 proof alcohol vodka?

[TheChemlife]

@PsalmsNmyrrh only if you drink it. so if for some strange reason you wish to drink it, which i wouldn't suggest, use vodka. otherwise isopropanol is fine

[slave2karma]

If I wanted pure drinkable chlorphyll could I use a simple distillation process for the removing the solvents?

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

@TheChemlife can i use water instead of alchohal

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

@TheChemlife i am not planning on drinking it iam looking for a chemical use of it

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

@TheChemlife what is the use of chlorophyll in the lab

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

@TheChemlife i need chlorophyll can chromatography separate the other organic residue leaving chlorophyll behind the more pure it is the better its for me

[ThePlasmadroid1x]

is this pure chlorophyll