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Old 04-08-2008, 01:41 AM
beefy beefy is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by winston View Post
1 hour after eating a potato what parameter will be increased?

a) glucose
b) amylose
c) limit dextran
d) pectin
e) sucrose
i choose answer C

starch is ~25% amylose, ~75% amylopectin

alpha-amylase (dextrinogenic amylase) breaks down amylopectin into small dextrins, limit dextran = end products at which another enzyme must take over to continue the breakdown.. and an hour later, i don't think you'd be at that point

i could be thinking about it too much, but i dont think any nbme is a "joke"
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