metabolism for lab questions

Amino acids

Building blocks of proteins

Amylase

Breaks down starches

Benedicts reagent

• green= sugar

Biuret’s reagent

• pink= basic

• Purple= acidic

Disaccharide

• sucrose, maltose, lactose (SML)

Fructose

Fruit sugar

Glucose

Blood sugar

HCL

Breaks down food in the stomach

Lactose

Glucose & galactose

Lugol’s solution

• Dark blue= starch

Maltose

2 glucose molecules

Monosaccharides

• glucose, fructose, galactose

Pancreatic lipase

Breaks down triglycerides

Pepsin

• breaks down protein

Pepsinogen

Secreted by chief cells (digests protein)

Polysaccharide

• starch, glycogen

Protein

• chain of amino acids

Triglycerides

• lipids

Starch

sugar from plants

Triglycerides break down into what

1. Fatty acids

2. Glycerol

FRC equation

ERV+ RV

IC equation

TV+IRV

sucrose

Glucose + fructose

Lactose

• glucose & galactose