Enzymes Flashcards
What are some the risk factors of heart disease?
high sugar diet lack of activity high cholesterol stress high blood pressure
What are some the risk factors of cancer?
Sunbathing Xray lack of fibre radiation infection reproduction
What are from the risk factors of both cancer and heart disease?
Smoking
alcohol
being overweight
genetics
How is food digested in the mouth?
Physical digestion by teeth
Amylase- starch -> maltose
What is the role of the stomach
Hydrochloric acid to denatured enzymes in pathogens
Protease- proteins -> amino acids
What is the role of the liver and bile duct?
Neutralises acid from the stomach
Emulsifies fat
What is the role of the pancreas?
Secretes pancreatic juices
Pancreatic amylase
What is the role of the small intestine?
Secretes enzymes from lining
Maltese
lactase
sucrase
(Hydrolyses enzymes)
What is the role of the large intestine?
Re-absorbs water
Absorbs nutrients
What monosaccharides make up maltase?
Glucose + glucose
What monosaccharide makes lactose?
Glucose + galactose
What monosaccharides make up sucrose?
Glucose + fructose
What is the Benedict’s test?
Used for testing reducing sugars
- Food sample dissolved in water
- And equal volume of Benedict’s reagent is added (copper sulphate)
- heat in a water bath
Blue = none Red = high
What is the test for a none reducing sugar?
- Carry out the Benedict’s test
- Add the same amount of the food sample and hydrochloric acid (hydrolyses disaccharide -> mono)
- Reheat the sample
- Add sodium hydrocarbonate
(Neutralises acid) - Retest with Benedict’s reagent
What’s the test for starch?
- Add sample into a test tube
- Add a couple of drops of iodine solution
Starch present= blue/black colour