Why Do Apples Turn Brown?

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Why do apples turn brown after you cut them, or when they rot? Basically for the same reason that human hair, eyes and skin is brown, too. Not that we're calling you rotten. Quick Questions explains! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: CITATIONS http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-why-cut-apples-turn-brown/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9921/ http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question168.htm http://www.worthington-biochem.com/TY/default.html http://www.food-info.net/uk/colour/enzymaticbrowning.htm http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/problems/medical/albinism1.htm http://www.scitechnol.com/tyrosinase-and-tyrosinase-inhibitors-xGSY.php?article_id=285 http://www.nature.com/milestones/skinbio4/pdf/melanocytes.pdf http://pwp.surfglobal.net/rmangile/Pigeons/Biosynthesis%20of%20Eumelanin%20and%20Pheomelanin.html http://www.bcerc.org/COTCpubs/BCERC.FactSheet_Phenols.pdf

Published 2014-07-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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