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Why can sugar molecules can pass the lining of the intestine but starch molecules can't?
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∙ 15y ago
because the sugar compound inside each grain is less stickier to the sides of the organs inside your body, contrary to starch which is incredibly resistant to most liquids. the starch will most likely close up the inside of your body and might cause minor stomache cramps.
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∙ 15y ago
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What nutrients did get from starch?
Starch is a polymer of glucose molecules. You get sugar from it.
What are the physical changes of the small intestine?
enzymes, pancreation, amylase, changes starch into the disaccharidemaltose a sugar makes 2 glucose molecules
What does amylase break down?
Amylase breaks down starch molecules into sugar. It is produced in the salivary glands, the pancreas and the small intestine.
Where does digsetion of starch start in the human body?
Starch is sugar. Sugar digestion occurs in the stomach with the epigastric juices. Fats are digested in the Small Intestine.
What is the differences of sugar and starch?
they differs only in their chemical composion in carbon-hydrogen-oxygen!!
Is a starch a element?
No starches are long chains of sugar molecules, Sugar molecules are compounds of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen which are elements.
What happens to the starch in fruit as fruit ripens?
A starch is actually a long chain of sugar molecules. As the fruit ripens, the starches break apart into the sugar molecules. This is why they become sweeter as they ripen.
The complete hydrolysis of starch yields what simple sugar?
As you hydrolyze starch, you make glucose molecules.
A type of sugar stored by plants?
Glucose is stored in starch molecules.
What do digestive enzymes split starch into?
Starch is a polysaccharide made up of a chain of sugar molecules. Digestive enzymes split starch into glucose molecules by breaking up links of the chain.
What term is Carbohydrate with 10 or more sugar molecules?
Polysaccharide Terms for long chains of sugar molecules include: Polysaccharide, Amylose and Starch.
What digests starch?
Amylase enzymes.
