Our victim: the tobacco hornworm (Manduca Sexta)
Huong's dissecting the LIVE worm
The lipid group, extracting the midgut.
Here's Lien homogenizing the guts.
Kristin and Jenny adding 1 mL nanopure water
Lien preparing the TLC plate
Lipid Extraction Pictures
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Our victim: the tobacco hornworm (Manduca Sexta) |
Huong's dissecting the LIVE worm |
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The lipid group, extracting the midgut. |
Here's Lien homogenizing the guts. |
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Kristin and Jenny adding 1 mL nanopure water |
Lien preparing the TLC plate |
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The TLC Chamber |
The gas chromatograph for analyzing the fatty acids |
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