👉 A sphingometer is a tool used in medicine to measure the amount of chitin, which is a type of carbohydrate found on plant cells. Chitin is the primary component of silk and is involved in cell-to-cell communication between cells in the body. A sphingometer measures the amount of chitin that is present in the cell membrane of a particular type of plant cell (such as a root or leaf) to determine if it has been damaged by an infection.
