1. Storage cells in a Vicia
faba cotyledon viewed by light microscopy after staining with the periodic
acid -Schiff reaction to colour carbohydrates red (starch grains and faintly-stained
cell walls) and bromo-phenol blue to stain protein bodies blue. The central
nucleus also shows up, as does the faintly-stained cytoplasm.
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