Biology
chromatography
Term: chromatography
Literally meaning : color writing
Origin: Anc Greek
?????*/chroma(=color)< probably derived from noun ????/hir(=hand) <??????/hripto(=touch or anoint)
?????/grapho(=write) > ?????/gravo(=scrape, draw)
Coined/History
in 1903 by the Russian Italian biochemist and botanist Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet, or Tswett, (1872-1919) by extracting leaf pigments, from plants using a solvent, in a column packed with particles. Curiously the Russian name Tswett means color.
Definition
Chromatography is the procedure of separating components of a mixture of components by selective adsorption by a solid.
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Cytochrome
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Chromatid
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Chromosome
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