A test tube has potato chips containing starch mixed with saliva. What would happen to the glucose level over a period of 5 minutes? How much glucose would be present at the beginning of starch digestion? How much glucose would be present when starch digestion is finished?

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A test tube has potato chips containing starch mixed with saliva. What would happen to the glucose level over a period of 5 minutes?

How much glucose would be present at the beginning of starch digestion?

How much glucose would be present when starch digestion is finished?

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- All green plants produce starch, which is a white, granular natural particle. Starch is a bland, delicate white powder that is insoluble in chilly water, liquor, and different solvents. The starch particle has the chemical formula (C6H10O5)n. Starch is a polysaccharide comprised of 1,4 associations between glucose monomers. The direct polymer amylose is the most fundamental sort of starch, while amylopectin is the expanded structure.

beginning of starch digestion

- Amylase is a stomach-related protein that is found in salivation. It assists with separating starch by catalyzing the response. At the point when amylase responds with starch, the disaccharide maltose is severed (two glucose particles connected together). Less starch will be available as the cycle creates, and more sugar (maltose) will be present. Iodine can be utilized to decide amylase action. Iodine frames a dim brown/purple color when it consolidates with starch. As amylase separates starch, there will be less and less of it left, and the color of the arrangement (assuming iodine is added) will lighten.

 

 

 

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