We found that‚ in acidic pH environment‚ the reaction rate of starch being broken down by alpha amylase is less than that of the reaction rate at a neutral and slightly basic pH environment. This finding partially supports our hypothesis. The spectrophotometer readings in our experiment measured the absorbance of 3-amino-5-nitrosalicylic acid‚ a colored molecule formed after dinitrosalicylic acid (DNSA) has reacted with the products of the enzymatic reaction or the simple sugars. Therefore‚ the absorbance
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Checkpoint: Human Digestion Jackie Burkhardt SCI 241 10/15/2010 Sherrie H. Lu The digestive process starts with saliva. Saliva begins with the scent or sight of food. Food enters the digestive system starting at the mouth. Food is broken into smaller pieces by your teeth. The broken up pieces of food mix with saliva and break down into a substance called bolus‚ which is a ball of chewed food. Bolus then passes through the pharynx‚ which helps us swallow‚ into the esophagus and into the stomach
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what causes starch to thicken or thin which is relevant to obtaining the desired viscosity for recipes that involve starch cookery without complication. Factors to be considered in the thickening power of cornstarch include the concentration of starch‚ extent of gelatinization thus temperature and duration of heat‚ and the addition of sugar or salt (1). Background Gelatinization‚ a physical change‚ occurs when starch is heated in water. Due to the solubility of the amylose in the starch granule
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Amylase Enzyme vs. Starch vs. pH vs. Temperature Taylor Ellsworth Professor Michael Bunch Cell Biology 112 “Effects of Amylase reaction time when breaking down starch.” Experiment Goal: The goal of our experiment was to understand the similarities in digestion by finding out how long it takes for the amylase enzyme‚ found in saliva‚ to break down our substrate‚ starch. Hypothesis: While understanding that starch is broken down by our saliva (amylase enzyme) we predict that the higher
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A Case of Acute Pancreatitis by David F. Dean Department of Biology‚ Spring Hill College NATIONAL CENTER FOR CASE STUDY TEACHING IN SCIENCE Case Presentation George Hendrix is a 38-year-old man who has abused alcohol his entire adult life. Recently‚ following an episode of binge drinking‚ George experienced a gradual onset of pain in his upper abdomen that radiated to his back. The pain persisted for several hours and worsened each time that he ate. He also felt nauseous and experienced repeated
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Human Digestion Christine Wilkes SCI 241 Natalia Woehl March 8‚ 2011 The human digestion system consists of a series of organs and glads that process the food that we eat. The digestion process starts when food enters the mouth‚ then with the chewing of food. The salivary glads help break down the food with enzymes so that it is easier to swallow. While the food is being chewed it is turned into bolos‚ which then travels down the pharynx and through the esophagus. The esophagus is the long
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1. tested and measured? The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether the dark or light coleus leaf had the presence of starch. We used a dark and light leaf to test the presence of starch and how much was produced. 2. Summarize the results and how the results were obtained. Be sure to note the reason for each treatment of the leaves. As appropriate‚ compare experimental samples to controls. Both leaves were boiled in water then placed in hot ethyl alcohol. After adding the iodine
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Digestive system 6.1.1 explain why digestion of large food molecules is essential * Large food molecules are polymers‚ broken down into monomers in order to be absorbed into the blood * Humans eat substances by other organsims‚ many which are not suitable for human tissues therefore they must be broken down and reassembled in a form that is suitable * Many molecules in foods are too large to be absorbed by the villi in the small intestine‚ the large molecules have to be broken down
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hydrolysis of Starch Abstract This experiment consisted of setting up a control group of starch in various temperature and then placing both fungal amylases and bacterial amylases in a mixture of starch and placing the solution of amylase and starch in various temperatures of water. After a certain amount of time- different amount of time needs to be used in order to have reliable results- iodine is added in a well on spot plates‚ then two drops of the mixture of amylase-starch is added from
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materials which are seldomly used in a more different way and utilize it to make a new product which could yield useful results. Moreover‚ the main purpose of this study‚ is to make plastic that can be decomposed easily since it uses raw materials‚ to use starch instead of chemicals and to utilize some of the solid wastes in our society. BACKGROUND OF STUDY Plastic is a versatile and potentially indestructible material‚ which makes it ideal for a number of commercial and
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