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Carbohydrate Digestion Flashcards

1
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Sites of Carbohydrate Digestion

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Mouth and small intestine

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Carbohydrate Dietary Sources

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Starch, lactose, sucrose, trehalose, cellulose

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2 Types of Digestion in Mouth

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Mechanical (chewing) and Chemical (salivary amylase)

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Salivary Amylase Action

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Starch hydrolysed to maltose and dextrin. PH = 6.8- 7. Breaks down 5% of starch digestion

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Pancreatic Enzymes for Carbohydrates

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Alpha - amylase

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Brush Border Enzymes for Carbohydrates

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Disaccharidases, oligosaccharides, isomaltase and alpha (1,6) glucosidase

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Alpha amylase

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Endoglycosidase (attacks glycosidic bonds between internal C’s). Specific to 1,4 linkages (not 1, 6). Hydrolytic products: maltose, maltotirose and alpha limit dextrins

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Maltase substrate and product

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Substrate: maltose and maltotirose. Product: 2 glucose molecules

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Sucrase substrate and products

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Substrate: Sucrose. Product: glucose and fructose

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Lactase substrate and product

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Substrate: lactose. Products: glucose and galactose

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Trehalase substrate and product

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Substrate: Trehalsose. Products: 2 glucose molecules

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Alpha amylase substrate

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Polysaccarides

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Disaccharidases Substrate

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Disaccharides

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Isomaltase Substrate

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Branch points of oligosaccharides and dissacharides

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Alpha (1,6) glucosidase

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Branch points of oligosaccharides and dissacharides

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Absorption into eneterocytes

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Passive diffusion (very slow). Membrane associated transporters Na+ independent transporter (glut5, primary active) and Na+ co transporter transporter (SGGLUT1, secondary active)

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Glut 1 Transporter Outline

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Facilitated diffusion of glucose in and out of cell

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Glut 2 Transporter Outline

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Facilitated Diffusion. Glucose, galactose and fructose out of cell

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Glut 5 transporter outline

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Fructose into cell by facilitated diffusion

20
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SGLT1 Transporter Outline

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Active transport Na, glucose and galactose

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