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Action of Amylase in the Small Intestine-experiment-lab report
Date Submitted: 12/09/2004 16:12:21
Testing the action of amylase
Aim: To see if the starch solution is broken down in the visking tube by the amylase and then passed through it into the beaker where we can test it for glucose.
Hypothesis: I think that Glucose shall be present in the solution outside the Visking tube after 15 minutes has passed.
Apparatus:
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Evaluation: I think that this experiment wasn't well set up in the first place because we had to pour out the visking tube and then it was visible. It should have been visible without us having to pour it out. I think this could have been accomplished if we had given it more time. Maybe also we could have tested the amylase breaking down the starch in different temperatures to see any time differences.
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