Abstract: We tested five common food items to determine which macromolecules were present. We tested for the macromolecules of simple and complex carbohydrates (sugars and starch)‚ lipids‚ and proteins. The foods tested were coconut milk‚ karo syrup‚ potato chips‚ peanut butter‚ and banana baby food. We hypothesized that coconut milk would contain all four types of macromolecules‚ karo syrup would only contain simple sugars which are monosaccharides and/or disaccharides‚ potato chips would contain
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Identifying Biological Macromolecules in Food Lab Stefanie Bogaert Observations Part 1: Test for Proteins Biuret Test for Protein Test Tube Contents Colour Change Conclusions 1 Distilled water Clear to Blue tint There are no proteins present because there was no significant colour change 2 Albumin White translucent to Purple/violet Therefore there are proteins present because of the significant purple colour exposed from the reaction of the Biuret solution 3 Pepsin Brown to Pink/brown
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following suggested solutions and place them in the front of the room for easy access for students: a. Polysaccharide Solution - blended potato or lab grade starch solution b. Monosaccharide Solution – apple juice or lab grade glucose solution c. Protein Solution – blended meat or egg whites d. Lipid Solution – vegetable oil‚ melted butter 2. Set up 4 lab stations (twice around the room) for students to rotate. Each station should have the materials needed to conduct one of the following tests: a.
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out if the food you picked contained starch‚sugar‚lipids and protein.The food item that was chosen to decipher was a Big Mac and you chose what from the burger you wanted to test to see what it was made of‚ example like the bun of the burger. When testing you would have one test tube of water with food and the other test tube with the solution needed and food.The reason for the test tube with the water is because it was the indicator. If the product of food contained the macromolecule that was tested
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Food Macromolecules Denise Rhodes Walden University March 20‚ 2011 Food Macromolecules “Macromolecules are a source of fuel. There are four major types of macromolecules-proteins‚ carbohydrates‚ nucleic acids‚ and lipids. This process plays important roles in the life of a cell. (Macromolecules‚ 2002). The macromolecules that was present in the packaged food product Lipids which are fats. According to (Alters & Alters
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Macromolecules in Food INTRODUCTION The most common macromolecules found in living organisms are lipids‚ carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ and nucleic acids. (Hillis et al 2011). Macromolecules are normally containing two or more monomers in them and their main functions are to store energy. Starch is a huge molecule made up of hundreds of simple sugar molecules (such as glucose) connected to each other. Most foods are known to be combinations of macromolecules. METHODS The tests performed were iodine
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MACROMOLECULS LAB: What are the mystery powders? Period: 4 Asia Enoch Introduction: A carbohydrate is an immediate form of energy in your body. Monomers is smaller than a polymer. For carbohydrate the monomer is sugar and the polymer is a polysaccharides. Carbohydrates are important to our body because we need to use energy. The purpose of this lab is to figure which one is the monomer and which one is the polymer. Hypothesis: If I place two drops of iodine into the mystery powder‚ it
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The objective of this macromolecules lab was to identify the presence any of the major macromolecules in various every day food items. The three macromolecules that this lab was carried out for were carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ and proteins. There were five different experiments conducted and each of those experiments had one factor in common‚ they all had the same controls. The controls in this lab activity were already set for the lab activity. The controls were the distilled water and the baking soda
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ups Identifying food groups in unknown solutions Aim The aim of this experiment is to identify different food groups within several different unknown solutions. This will be carried out by placing the unknown solutions into separate test tubes and using different chemical indicators to see if any reactions occur. Each food group will act different when the chemical indicator is added‚ some will change colour while others will separate. Introduction Food is a vital source of energy that is
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Biological Macromolecules Lab Cells‚ the fundamental units of life‚ are composed of various combinations of organic macromolecules: carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ proteins‚ and nucleic acids. This lab exercise is designed to show you the qualitative tests commonly used to detect their presence. Objectives Test for the presence of monosaccharides by using the Benedict’s test Test for the presence of starch‚ a polysaccharide‚ by using the Lugol’s iodine test Test for the presence of lipids by using the
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