BIO100 Biology Concepts Lab 2: Biochemical Analysis Dec 12 2014 | Logged in as : MAV2020753 Introduction Assessment Feedback Thank you for your participation in this assignment. Your work has been submitted to your instructor. Total score: 25 out of 100‚ 25% Question Feedback Question 1 of 20 The subatomic particles that play the greatest role in cellular chemical reactions are electrons. protons. neutrons. isotopes. 0 out of 5 The correct answer is: electrons. Question 2 of 20 The
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Flowering plants grow in a wide variety of habitats and environments. They can go from germination of a seed to a mature plant producing new seeds in as little as a month or as long as 150 years. Plants that complete their life cycle in a single season are called annuals; while biennials take two years; and perennials may take several to many years to go from germinated seed to producing new seeds. Fruits and Seeds The taste of a fruit depends on the combinations present in it. Normally
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Tasha Adams HUN1201 2/27/13 Grocery store “All natural” was the second most common claim made on new food products in 2008. Unfortunately‚ both the FDA and USDA have vague rules about this phrase‚ and have let manufacturers that incorrectly use this claim remained in the marketplace. Products like Hunt’s Tomato Sauce and “All Natural” Snapple Tea contain citric acid as an additive. Hunt’s Tomato Sauce’s claim as being “All Natural” is even more misleading considering the product is made of reconstituted
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Filtered load = Excreted load GFR x PIN = V x UIN GFR = = UIN x V / PIN the excreted load ‘cleared’ of a volume of plasma/time GFR = Renal Clearance of Inulin (ml/min) James Augustine Shannon 1904-1994 Inulin‚ a biologically inert polysaccharide‚ can be used to estimate the glomerular filtration rate since it is filtered‚ but not reabsorbed or secreted. Renal Clearance…… is it Clear? Clearance of plasma protein z _ E=z_ Clearance of glucose F = z_ z_ E= z_ _ /_ F = GFR x PG _ /_
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Milk is a nutritionally rich food that also proves beneficial to health. Nowadays‚ it is often to find diversified milk products with various flavors and forms and a longer shelf life. One such product is cheese‚ which is universally understood as a coagulated milk protein formed due to enzyme activity and whey separation (Robinson and Wilbey‚ 2008). There are multiple cheese categories in the world‚ commonly classified according to their water content. The focus of this study is Parmesan cheese
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Germs‚ such as bacteria and viruses sometimes enter the body. When this happens‚ the bacteria or virus attack the body’s cells and begin to multiply. When this happens‚ it is known as an infection which in turn make people ill. Our body uses its immune system to fight of the infection that has began spreading in the body. Vaccines are used to help our immune system develop an immunity by imitating the infection. This means that there is a small amount of the bacteria or virus introduced to the body
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UNIT 1: Lesson 1 Key Questions: 1. Magnesium consists of 12 electrons; 2 + indicates a loss of 2 electrons; therefore‚ it now has 10 electrons. 2. The isotope would not be useful for dating bones that are over a million years old because carbon-14 decay at a constant rate‚ with a half-life of 5730 years. Therefore‚ after 40‚ 000 years‚ les than 1% of the carbon-14 is left in the tissue. As a result‚ there is not enough of the isotope in the tissues to determine the age of the bones. 3. The four
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solutions inhibit Amylase’s ability to digest starch. Background The goal of the experiment is to test whether or not Amylase can withstand abnormal changes in pH without denaturing itself. Salivary Amylase is an enzyme that acts upon any polysaccharide that enters the mouth (mainly starch). However‚ it has a few other clinical uses. It is used for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis‚ an inflammation of the pancreas‚ and other medical conditions regarding Amylase levels in the body. Amylase’s
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Value of the data • This is the first draft genome of Trametes villosa‚ a tropical white-rot Basidiomycota from the semiarid region of Brazil‚ promising for its production of ligninolytic enzymes. • T. villosa isolate CCMB561 is a good producer of lignin peroxidase‚ manganese peroxidase‚ and laccase‚ enzymes considered key for lignin degradation‚ providing a major advantage for its use in bioenergy research. • The draft genome will accelerate functional genomics research‚ helping to understand the
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Chemical Aspects of Life and Spit Lab Formal Report 1. Abstract The objective of the Reducing Sugar Test was to test if the substance has a reducing sugar in it by adding Benedict’s solution and heating it‚ there would be a color change if a reducing sugar is present‚ or it will remain blue (no reducing sugar). The objective of the Starch test was to test for starch in substances by using Iodine. The iodine will cause a substance to turn to a dark blue color if it is positive for starch. The objective
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