CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wright Brothers, Spinach, Chlorophyll

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Mitchell Huot

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Active researchers produce 1 and 1. 5 to 2 billion publications a year on all aspects of science and food. The language of science has gone from latin to english. In 100 year the planet has gone from 2 billion to 7 billion. In the last 50 years we have gone from earthbound to walking on the moon. Ate spinach for his strength, since it contains a lot of iron. Origin of the spinach: 3. 5mg of iron in a 100g serving. There has been a mistake because at first they thought that the amount was of 35mg. There is(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:448)ita(cid:373)i(cid:374) a i(cid:374) spi(cid:374)ach vitamin a is created by the body, which converts a significant amount of beta carotene into vitamin a. The green color of the chlorophyll masks the golden color or orange color normally observed in beta carotene. Conclusion: popeye ate spinach for the vitamin a and not for the iron.