Digestion Flashcards
What is a positive Benedict’s test result?
Brick-red precipitate
What is the product of digestion, glucose, used for?
To release energy in respiration
What substance does Biuret Test test for?
Proteins
What substance does Benedict’s Test test for?
Sugar
What reagent should you use to test for lipids in food?
Ethanol Test
How do enzymes behave at the optimum pH?
They work the fastest. Reaction is carried out at it’s highest rate
What are the products of digeston, fatty acids and glycerol, used for?
To build new cell membranes and hormones
What are the roles of bile?
To neutralise stomach acid so enzymes in the small intestine can work aster under alkaline conditions (their optimum pH). To break down large fat droplets into small ones by emulsification.
What is the colour of Biuret solution?
Blue
What is a positive Ethanal test result?
Cloudy emulsion
Where are enzymes that are released into the small inestine released from?
The intestinal wall and the pancreas
What is an enzyme?
A biological catalyst that speeds up a specifiy chemical reaction in cells. They remain unchanged at the end of a reaction
Where are enzymes that are released into the stomach release from?
Stomach wall
What is the product of digestion, amino acids, used for?
To build proteins like enzymes and antibodies
What is starch broken down into?
Maltose
What are enzymes made from?
Proteins
What are the products of digestion used for?
To build new carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Some glucose is also used in respiration
What does the enzyme amylase break starch down into?
Maltose
What is a negative Ethanal test result?
Colourless
What enzyzme break proteins down?
Protease
Where are enzymes that are released into the mouth released from?
The salivary glands
What does the enzyme lipase break lipids down into?
Fatty acids and glycerol
What enzyme breaks carbohydrates down?
Carbohydrase
What is a negative Iodine test result?
Orange
What is the function of the mouth?
To physically break down food into smaller pieces to speed up swallowing
What does the enzyme protease break proteins down into?
Amino acids
What does the enzyme amylase break down?
Starch
How do enzymes behave at the optimum temperature?
They work the fastest. Reaction is carried out at it’s highest rate