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Starch is a large macromolecule, so needs to be broken down into simple sugars which can be absorbed into the blood stream
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∙ 13y agoit is necessary because of diffusion in animal cells it causes osmosis to occur from high concentration to lower concentration
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∙ 12y agobecause without chemical digestion the body will become very unhealthy
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∙ 12y agoStarch is very complex
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∙ 12y agoits a polysaccharide
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What is the products of digestion of starch?
glucose.
The end products of starch digestion are always what?
Glucose
What catalyst in digestion turns starch into glucose?
Enzymes
Enzymatic digestion of starch produces what?
glucose, eventually
Hydrolysis is involved in?
Hydrolysis is involved in maltose to glucose digestion. Maltose, a starch, gets hydrolyzed into a couple remains of glucose in this carbohydrate digestion.
What is digestion of starch to glucose by adding water?
Hydrolysis reaction
Cells in a person's body obtain glucose from the digestion of?
starch
Why is the digestion of starch to glucose necessary?
Starch is a complex carbohydrate therefore it cannot be used and is insoluble unless it is broken down. Also the body requires glucose for important metabolic functions (respiration) to provide energy for the body, starch cannot be used for this process.
What is the break down of dietary starch to glucose in to small intestine is considered?
digestion
Where is starch turned into glucose during the process of digestion?
It doesn't ---------------------------------------- Not sure where that guy ^ got his information, but in Biology 11 you learn that it DOES. Starch is turned to glucose during chemical digestion, and it begins in the mouth. ---------------------------------------- I'm in year 9 and I know that!
How do you explain when we add starch solution saliva dilute alkali and did not presence of starch and presence of glucose?
The enzyme amylase in the saliva broke the starch down into glucose.
Function of maltose?
The main function of maltose is to digest starch . Starch is commonly used in plants to store glucose and maltose will serve as the intermediary product of the digestion of starch.
