Experiment5IsolationofPolysaccharides EXPERIMENT 5
What is the purpose of grinding the liver with sand and TCA? Chicken liver was grinded with washed sand since Glycogen was extracted from animal tissue which was tough and to liberate the glycogen from the liver, the tissue has to be ruptured to obtain all the glycogen available for extraction . The grinding (homogenizing) process was aided by the presence of sand and TCA (TriChloro Acetic acid). TCA