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BIOLOGY FORM 4 Chapter 3 Movement of Substances Across The Plasma Membrane
BIOLOGY FORM 4 Chapter 3 Movement of Substances Across The Plasma Membrane
• Carrier Protein
This protein molecule acts as a carrier which
carries considerably big molecules such as
glucose, amino acids and vitamin C.
- Animal cell(RBC)
-Plant cells
3.3-Impact of osmosis on human
beings and other organisms
• Preservation in Food
- Natural food preservatives include
substances such as salt,sugar and vinegar.
- Salt used for meat preservation. Adding
salt can dehydrate microbes through
osmosis since the condition is hypotonic to
th cells of bacteria.
- Hence,it inhibit the bacteria n food can last
for two years
-The end-