Pineapple Enzymes and Gelatin: A Digestive Duo

🔬 Enzymes are molecules that act as catalysts to speed up biochemical reactions, such as digestion.

🍍 Fresh pineapple contains enzymes that can be used in experiments as a catalyst.

🧪 To conduct the experiment, you will need gelatin, fresh pineapple, a container, a spoon, and boiling water.

🍍 Adding fresh pineapple to gelatin causes it to liquefy.

🌡️ The gelatin with pineapple becomes liquid when placed in contact with the fruit.

⏰ The time-lapse shows the comparison between gelatin with pineapple and gelatin without pineapple.

🍍 Fresh pineapple breaks down gelatin into a liquid.

🧪 Gelatin is made out of collagen and remains a semi-solid even at room temperature.

🔬 Pineapple juice contains proteolytic enzymes that digest proteins.

🍍 Pineapple enzymes, specifically bromelain, break down peptide bonds in proteins.

🍮 When pineapple enzymes come in contact with gelatin, they break down collagen proteins and release trapped water, turning the solution into a liquid.

🔥 Boiled pineapple loses its ability to break down proteins due to the deactivation of bromelain.