Active agents in pepper

Article no. P7186500 | Type: Experiments

grades 7-10, grades 10-13
20 Minutes
10 Minutes
medium
Pupils

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Student set Food chemistry, TESS advanced Chemistry

Article no. 25306-88 | Type: Set

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Principle
Pepper contains starch and protein. The substance which makes pepper "hot" is piperine. Piperine can be detected with sulphuric acid after extracting it with an organic solvent. Piperine, like caffeine, belongs to the biologically active alkaloids.

 

Learning objectives

  • Detection method for piperine

 

Benefits

  • Easy teaching and efficient learning by using interactive experimentation PHYWE-Software
  • Experiment is part of a complete solution set with experiments for the topic Food Chemistry matched with international curriculum: all topics are covered

 

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