aim of this experiment is to investigate the affect of pH on the enzyme amylase. The amylase is used to break down the polysaccharide starch. Amylase is a digestive enzyme classified as a saccharidase (an enzyme that cleaves polysaccharides). It is mainly a constituent of pancreatic juice and saliva‚ needed for the breakdown of long-chain carbohydrates (such as starch) into smaller units. Amylase is also synthesized in the fruit of many plants during ripening‚ causing them to become sweeter‚ and also
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of noncarbohydrate constituents might well be called a starch‚ is known in world trade as tapioca flour. It is used directly‚ made into a group of baked or gelatinized products or manufactured into glucose‚ dextrins and other products. Starchy foods have always been one of the staples of the human diet. They are mostly consumed in starch-bearing plants or in foods to which commercial starch or its derivatives have been added. The first starch was probably obtained from wheat by the Egyptians for
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Name: Lillie Cyr Exercise 8: Chemical and Physical Processes of Digestion: Activity 1: Assessing Starch Digestion by Salivary Amylase Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 16% by answering 1 out of 6 questions correctly. 1. The substrate for amylase is Your answer : a. maltose. Correct answer: e. starch and carbohydrate. 2. Which of the following is true of enzymes? Your answer : b. They are used up in the reaction. Correct answer: c. Their activity can be affected by temperature and pH. 3.
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Dark Purple Proteins are present with purple peptides 3 Pepsin Purplish blue‚ darkish blue Proteins are present with purple or black colored peptides 4 Starch Light blue‚ really clear Possible little protein with clear peptide or no protein at all Our results are correct because water and starch should not contain protein (starch is a polysaccharide but not of an amino acid) and therefore remained blue unlike Albumin and Pepsin which do contain proteins causing them to turn into a different
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lab AIM: To test a leaf for starch APPARATUS/MATERIALS : * bunsen burner‚ tripod stand‚ wire gauze(OR 90oC electric water bath OR hot plate) * 250 cm3 beaker * boiling tube * anti- bumping granules * forceps * test tube holder * white tile * leaf to be tested (hibiscus leaves are excellent) * 90% ethanol * iodine/potassium iodide solution PROCEDURE: The video above shows the steps in Testing a Leaf for the Presence of Starch. The Procedure outlined below
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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 for the Dye test was to test for lipids. When mixed with water and the tested substance‚ a positive result will occur in it being separated from the water. The
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solvency. Many compounds are soluble when exposed to acetone. A Styrofoam and acetone experiment can determine if Styrofoam will dissolve when placed inside a container of acetone. Starch is the major component of flour. Starch exists in tiny granules‚ which swell and break when boiled in water. This releases the starch molecules‚ which then all stick together to make a goopy‚ gluey mess. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all I want to thank God for giving me strength for doing this investigatory
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Grace Chung Abstract: Amylase is an important enzyme in the human body as it allows for the consumption of starch by breaking the polysaccharide down into maltose units. All enzymes‚ including amylase‚ function best at a certain optimal pH. Therefore‚ in this experiment‚ the effect of different pHs on the reaction rate of amylase is studied. It was hypothesized that the amylase-starch reaction would proceed fastest at a pH closest to that of the body‚ or 7.0‚ since that is where the enzyme normally
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have a structure formed by one or more polypeptide chains whilst a polypeptide is a chain of amino acids. b) Fat and oil differences: They are both lipids‚ but fats are solid whilst oil are liquids. c) Difference between starch and glycogen: Starch is a polysaccharide found in plant tissue whilst glycogen has polysaccharide found in animals. d) Condensation and hydrolysis: Condensation is a chemical process by which 2 molecules are joined together to make a larger‚ more complex
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Molisch Test Color of Junction Glucose Purple Sucrose Purple Starch Purple C. Bial’s Test Color Change Ribose Yellow -> Dirty Green Glucose Yellow -> Dark Yellow D. Seliwanoff’s Test Observation Sucrose 1st (Dark) Glucose 2nd (Medium) Fructose 3rd (Light) E. Benedict’s Test Color Change Glucose light blue -> Orange Fructose light blue -> light olive green Maltose light blue -> yellow brown Sucrose light blue -> blue green Starch light blue -> no change Distilled Water light blue -> no change
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