http://www.chemcafe.net/the-chemistry-of-fall-colors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-chemistry-of-fall-colors Chemistry and beyond Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:21:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.chemcafe.net/the-chemistry-of-fall-colors/comment-page-1/#comment-12557 Adrien Wed, 05 May 2010 08:04:31 +0000 http://www.chemcafe.net/?p=507#comment-12557 Maintenant que j'ai un peu de temps... vraiment sympa! Maintenant que j’ai un peu de temps… vraiment sympa!

]]> http://www.chemcafe.net/the-chemistry-of-fall-colors/comment-page-1/#comment-10092 admin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:26:25 +0000 http://www.chemcafe.net/?p=507#comment-10092 wow, thanks for this extended version!! wow, thanks for this extended version!!

]]> http://www.chemcafe.net/the-chemistry-of-fall-colors/comment-page-1/#comment-10084 Ana Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:49:37 +0000 http://www.chemcafe.net/?p=507#comment-10084 Tu m'étonneras toujours par ton savoir! J''adore ! Tu m’étonneras toujours par ton savoir! J”adore !

]]> http://www.chemcafe.net/the-chemistry-of-fall-colors/comment-page-1/#comment-10083 Victor Hugenay Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:26 +0000 http://www.chemcafe.net/?p=507#comment-10083 Quite interesting in this context are the regional differences i.e. between Europe and America. While the yellow color (carotene) is already present in the leaves, but the anthocyanin is just synthesized. Why some plants use energy in synthesis for nicely colored dying leaves was investigated at the University of Haifa. A summary about that is here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813142150.htm Quite interesting in this context are the regional differences i.e. between Europe and America. While the yellow color (carotene) is already present in the leaves, but the anthocyanin is just synthesized. Why some plants use energy in synthesis for nicely colored dying leaves was investigated at the University of Haifa. A summary about that is here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090813142150.htm

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