It is a mixture of small molecules such as ions, monosaccharides, amino acids, and macromolecules such as proteins, polysaccharides, lipids, etc.
These were as follows:[11][12] The word "protoplasm" comes from the Greek protos for first, and plasma for thing formed, and was originally used in religious contexts.
[50] In 1965, Lardy introduced the term "cytosol", later redefined to refer to the liquid inside cells.
[38] By the time Huxley wrote, a long-standing debate was largely settled over the fundamental unit of life: was it the cell or was it protoplasm?
Huxley's principal contribution was to establish protoplasm as incompatible with a vitalistic theory of life.
[51] Attempts to investigate the origin of life through the creation of synthetic "protoplasm" in the laboratory were not successful.
[53] Today, it is known that the cell contents are structurally very complex and contain multiple organelles, the cytoskeleton and biomolecular condensates.the word protoplasm is mainly divided in to two parts cytoplasm and nucleus.
[4] There are about 30 elements, like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulphur, calcium and many others which are identified in protoplasm of different cells.