What happens when you add hydrogen peroxide to liver and why?

Answer 1

What would happen to our cells if they made a poisonous chemical? You might think that they would die. In fact, our cells are always making poisonous chemicals. They do not die because our cells use enzymes to break down these poisonous chemicals into harmless substances. Enzymes are proteins that speed up the rate of reactions that would otherwise happen more slowly. The enzyme is not altered by the reaction. You have hundreds of different enzymes in each of your cells. Each of these enzymes is responsible for one particular reaction that occurs in the cell. In this lab, I am studying an enzyme that is found in the cells of many living tissues. The name of the enzyme is catalase; it speeds up a reaction, which breaks down hydrogen peroxide, a toxic chemical, into two harmless substances--water and oxygen. The reaction is as follows: 2H2O2 ----> 2H2O + O2 therefore there are enzymes in liver too

Answer 2

liver acts as a catalyst to the hydrogen peroxide...

if the liver is cooked, ground, or raw the reactions will be different for each one though.

whole and raw- white bubbling, no change in color ROR-3

ground and raw- more white bubbling (bubbled over in the test tube) ROR-5

whole an cooked- no reaction or color change ROR-0

ROR=rating of reaction

Answer 3

the enzyme catalase in liver, is a catalyst which is used to speed up the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide.

Answer 4

The hydrogen peroxide fizzes on contact with liver. This is because liver contains the enzyme catalase, which breaks down the hydrogen peroxide into oxygen gas and water.

Answer 5

if you really wanna know what happens then do it yourself jk nah im not even in chemestry yet so idk hope this helped:)