Question
Lovastatin is an anti-cholesterol drug that can be easily extracted from oyster mushrooms. A 291 mL lovastatin solution with a concentration of 0.001479 mol L-1 was extracted from 50 g of dried oyster mushrooms. Calculate the percentage of lovastatin in the mushrooms. Lovastatin has the formula C24H36O5.
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DrBob222
total mols = M x L = ?
grams = mols x molar mass = ?
Then % = (grams/50)*100 = ?
grams = mols x molar mass = ?
Then % = (grams/50)*100 = ?