Nigel Baldwin | Enzyme activity in canned mushroom versus fresh mushroom MVI 1793 @nigelbaldwin3184 | Uploaded June 2018 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
High School Chemistry
A simple experiment looking at the difference between canned mushrooms and fresh mushrooms in their ability to catalyse the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.
A glowing splint test was carried out.
The fresh mushroom produced bubbles of colourless gas which re-lit a glowing splint.
The canned mushroom did not produce any gas.
The canning process involves heating the mushrooms to a very high temperature, during which the enzyme(s) which catalyse the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide have been destroyed (denatured).
High School Chemistry
A simple experiment looking at the difference between canned mushrooms and fresh mushrooms in their ability to catalyse the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.
A glowing splint test was carried out.
The fresh mushroom produced bubbles of colourless gas which re-lit a glowing splint.
The canned mushroom did not produce any gas.
The canning process involves heating the mushrooms to a very high temperature, during which the enzyme(s) which catalyse the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide have been destroyed (denatured).
