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Reduction of gingerol content in ginger using kitchen equipment
The single topic that this question focuses on is - how to remove gingerol and only gingerol from a piece of ginger in a manner that it remains safe to eat using equipment found in a well stocked ...
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Chemistry of a proposed Capsaicin extract [closed]
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I’d like to make an extract of capsaicin using the following ingredients: Capsicum powder, Fractionated coconut MCT oil, apple cider vinegar, and saline. The idea is for the capsaicin to ...
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How to selectively adsorb caffeine on activated carbon filter?
As part of a project on decaffeination methods, I'm looking to see how activated carbon filters can selectively adsorb caffeine in tea and coffee solutions, and avoid adsorbing other taste-giving ...
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Procedure for determining the levels of Acrylamide from a cup of coffee
For experimental purposes, I want to determine the level of Acrylamide in cups of coffee. Is there a method that doesn't use spectrometric analysis to determine it as I do not have access to it in the ...
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How to remove sugar from juice
My son has autism and we noticed that blueberries make him feel much better. The problem is blueberries contain sugars which interfere with diet he has (low carbohydrate).
How do I filter out the ...
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Last step of nicotine extraction using DCM
After using hydro-distillation method with distilled water and NaOH, separating the extract with dichloromethane, distillate it at 40 °C/104 °F, I'm left with some yellow pale oil.
I'm just wondering ...
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Using drip extraction, how much caffeine is extracted from coffee as a function of the amount of water used?
When using a drip coffee maker, there are basically two choices we make: the amount of water and the amount of coffee grounds.
If we use the same amount of coffee grounds but double the water, how ...
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Extraction of monosodium glutamate (MSG) from kelp
What is the extraction process of monosodium glutamate (MSG) from kelp?
How could one do this at home?
Is there a specific kelp species to use?
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Caffeine extraction
I'm working on a caffeine extraction experiment, using dichloromethane and instant coffee. I am testing how the amount of caffeine extracted from coffee will be affected when different concentrations ...
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Is there a way to concentrate the vitamin content of a particular food?
I'm looking for a way to extract vitamins out of common food sources of, well, vitamins.
Let's take, as an example, Vitamin A which is commonly found in carrots. A carrot (weighing around 60g) should ...
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