In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Protoplasm 2. Physical Nature of Protoplasm 3. Chemical Nature. Meaning of Protoplasm: The "living structure" present inside the cell referred to as protoplasm differentiates the living beings from the non-living beings. Huxley (1868) defined it as "Physical basis of life". First of all, Felix Dujardin (1835) described this homogenous jelly [...]
The following points highlight the eight chief metabolically active cell organelles of cytoplasm. The organelles are: 1. Plastids 2. Mitochondria 3. Endoplasmic Reticulum 4. Golgi Bodies 5. Ribosomes 6. Centrosome 7. Lomasomes 8. Microtubules. Organelle # 1. Plastids: The term 'plastid' was firstly used by Haekel (1866). These are the largest bodies or largest cytoplasmic organelles of a plant cell. [...]
In this article we will discuss about Protoplasm:- 1. Meaning of Protoplasm 2. Nature of Protoplasm 3. Properties. Meaning of Protoplasm: The term protoplasm (Gr., protos = first + plasma = anything formed) was first coined in 1840 by who used the word to designate the living substance in the embryo of animals. Earlier the protoplasm was first of all [...]