Sucrose Respiration Lab Report

The concentration of 1-kestose isomer increased steadily with time from 0 - 80 min. During this time, sucrose was significantly influencing the rate of 1-kestose formation and hence the optimum concentration of the 1-kestose isomer was observed at 80 min. After 80 min, the 1-kestose concentration gradually decreased. This was because the invertase active sites had become saturated with sucrose (substrate) or sucrose had been used up in the reaction. Therefore, there was a gradual decrease observed in the concentration of the 1-kestose isomer from 80 - 120 min.
The concentration of the 6-kestose isomer increased steadily with time from 0 - 50 min. Thereafter, the concentration of the 6-kestose isomer began to decrease from 50 - 120 min