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the startch component from plants is broken down to maltose and then maltose digested to glucose, the sugar found in your blood.
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What molecule increases the rate at which starch is broken down into glucose?
Enzyme
What type of food molecule is broken down to glucose by digestion?
Sugars and starches are broken down into glucose.
Can you digest starch?
Pepsin does not digest. It breaks down proteins into amino acids. Pepsin cannot break down starch. This is probably because the pH of starch is higher than the optimum pH of Pepsin.
Why is starch not broken down at high temperatures?
The enzyme amylase is denatured by the high temp. The starch cannot be broken down
Why must you digest starch before you can use it for energy?
Your body cannot use starch because it is a complex carbohydrate. It must be broken down into shorter carbohydrate strings before being converted into energy
What sugars does starch break down into?
sugarStarch is a carbohydrate.Starch is broken down into moltose or glucose.Starch is broken down into glucose by enzymes during digestion. Starch is a polysaccharide that must be broken down into a simple sugar called a monosaccharide. Glucose is a monosaccharide.
What is starch broken into sugar by?
They are Broken down by Amylase Enymes.
What enzyme breaks down starch into sugars which are than broken down by the other three enzymes?
starch can be broken down into simple sugars by the enzyme amylase
Why does the starch need to be converted into sugar before it is used to make ethanol?
Starch is the storage form of glucose in plants. Glucose is compounded into chians called starch and stored for later use. During times when there is a deficiency of glucose in plant cells, this stored starch can be broken down back into glucose and used in various metabolic processes
Do starchy foods provide energy?
Yes. The starch molecule is a string of glucose molecules. When eaten, the starch is broken down by enzymes into individual glucose molecules. Glucose is the human body's primary source of energy.
Starch can be broken down into the disaccharide known as?
Starch is composed of many maltose units.
Why can starch molecules not pass through dialysis tubing?
It is a complicated molecule. the starch molecule is to large to be transported through the cell membrane. it therefore has to be broken down if it is to go though the protein channels.
