Sucrose

our SDH Assay, we manipulated SDH activity by using reagents such as: potassium phosphate (maintains optimum range for SDH and is a buffer to control pH or reaction), azide (blocks electron transport chain to block the build up of FADH2), buffered sucrose (keeps mitochondria from bursting),…

The lab we conducted involved a process called the Maillard Reaction. When it comes to cooking meats, heating the food causes the proteins, especially those nearest the surface of the meat, to denature. These denatured proteins become more chemically reactive to other molecules in their environment. One of the primary reactions that occur when browning meats and many other foods is called the Maillard Reaction. The Maillard Reaction is a non-enzymatic chemical reaction between amino acids and…

Before the vaccine was introduced in 1978, meningococcal B, a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitides, was prevalent throughout the world, with a high mortality rate (around 50% if completely untreated). It often lead to further complications like septicaemia (blood poisoning), organ failure and death. Survivors lost limbs, eyesight and hearing, with reports of many experiencing seizures daily and mental retardation. The vaccine, administered via injection, contains…

Test subject 2 associated the lime flavor with green. The least distinguishable flavors were pear and orange and banana the most. Orange was associated with other flavors this time such as apple, peach and pure sucrose. Pear was associated with fruits such as blueberry and pineapple. The taste variation could have been because the test subjects swallowed water after ingesting each jelly bean. Overall, banana was the most distinguished flavor compared to the other…

ulcers. Thus, eating bananas regularly can help protect you from acidity, heart burn and ulcers. Boosts energy and provides stamina: Bananas are rich in glucose, fructose and sucrose. While glucose and fructose get into the blood stream faster, consuming bananas provide instant energy and a boost to become active. While sucrose gets into the blood stream slowly, consuming bananas can help you stay active for a longer time, without having the risk of abrupt dropping of sugar levels in the body,…

Ionic and Covalent bonds are the two different types of bonds that hold atoms together, each having their own characteristics. The distance and charge determines the type of bond the molecules have. These bonds occur because atoms strive to obtain the ideal valence of 8. Some atoms need to gain or lose electrons in order to achieve the ideal valence. In a covalent bond, the electrons are being pulled by two atoms that are both nonmetals. In other words, the two atoms are sharing electrons, but…

They serve as fuel and building materials. The monomer of a carbohydrate is a monosaccharide. Examples of monosaccharide are glucose and fructose. Disaccharides include lactose and sucrose. Lastly, polysaccharides consist of cellulose (plants), starch (plants), glycogen (animals), and chitin (animals and fungi). The elements its made up of are carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Carbohydrates serve as fuel for the cell meaning carbon sources…

Splenda is advertised as "Made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar." This advertisement has proven to be misleading towards consumers and not accurately portrayed within the slogan. The main ingredient in Splenda, sucralose, was designed to resemble sucrose which is found in natural sugars. Since the two are not identical, Splenda is not in fact made from sugar. The process of creating sucralose makes it a molecule that does not exist in nature. Considering that the molecule is not natural, it…

Enzymes can also be considered catalysts because they require the reactions to arise faster without themselves changing. For this experiment, the substrate in the enzymatic reaction was sucrase, and it will be causing sucrose to change resulting in the following equation: Sucrose → Glucose + Fructose Where the arrow is in the equation indicates the enzyme, sucrase, used to speed up the reaction. In the experiment conducted we were looking for the effect of a cofactor that could have impacted…

Amylase Laboratory Report Introduction: Enzymes are a catalytic protein in a quaternary structure, that helps with the acceleration of molecules called substrates to achieve its desired chemical reaction. In this lab we used a specific enzyme called amylase. According to the lab manual, amylase is an enzyme found in one’s saliva or the pancreas to accelerate metabolism and cause a spontaneous reaction that helps with digestion of a substrate called starch. In order for any polymer such as…