if green plants make starch from carbon dioxide and sun light,can man do the same in a labaratory?

Question

Since man can get carbondioxide and sunlight, I would think it possible for man to manufacture starch in the labaratory.

Answer 1

PART of photosynthesis can be done without cell mbns-nucleus, but it won't be able to make starch, which is an anabolic dehydration synthesis reaction requiring many enzymes, organelles.....take some plant like spinach and put it in a blender, strain and extract the chlorophyll with the necessary solvents, which are toxic! Put the test tube of chlorophyll extract in the sun or some artificial light and watch the FLOURESCENCE (glows red color) which is the first step of photosynthesis "light reaction", which gives an excited energetic charge to get first stages of photosythesis going. The laboratory production of polymer starch from many monomer glucose molecules is not possible as far as I know.

Answer 2

Well, yes, but what would be the point? The energy and money needed for such a process would be more than would be needed to just go harvest some grain.

Answer 3

it's as if u should be saying man should be produced also in the lab which is very difficult.Plants have complex systems ,chlorophyll and many other compounds.

Answer 4

for that man should have chlorophyll ..not only that, plants prepare food by undergoing many process that is not completely known to man .. moreover, the process is expensive.

Answer 5

no it is not that easy ,living green plants have complex system in them which is not possible in lab.
it is similar to producing man in lab!

Answer 6

yes, but it's a lot less energy effective than you think it'd be. how did you think they figured out the steps of photosynthesis?

Answer 7

Yes, but you need the green pigment Cholorphyll to do it.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

Yes. this has been done.