Glucose transporter Essays

  • Review of Research Paper on Insulin

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    Let's go back to the 1920s, when diabetes was discovered and the study of glucose began. There was a scientist named Minkowsky, and he wondered what caused diabetes. So, he did something crazy: He took a urine sample from a normal patient and a sample from a diabetic patient, and tasted them! He observed that the sample from the diabetic patient was sweet, so he concluded that diabetes had something to do with high glucose levels (lots of sugar in the blood). In the same decade, two scientists

  • Law: The Risk of Destruction and Deterioration

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    The issue in this case is whether the risk of destruction and deterioration had passed onto Bagio, the buyer, or remained with ProformAgric, the seller. Generally, risk and benefit pass to the buyer on transfer of possession and ownership (assuming these occur simultaneously). The general rule is that the risk and benefit pass to the buyer as soon as the sale is “perfecta”, meaning that the agreement is unconditional and the identity, quality, quantity and price of the thing sold are certain readily

  • Regulation of Blood Glucose in the Human Body

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    Regulation of blood glucose in the human body Cannon (1989) used the term homeostasis to describe the consistency of the internal environment and the regulatory integrated mechanisms are directed to maintain it. He also stated that it was how the system responded to an emergency by trying to meet the sudden external demands which have been placed upon the human body (1). Homeostasis is important within the human body because it maintains the optimum environment required for various processes to occur

  • Sucrase Isomaltase Deficiecncy

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    disaccharide carbohydrates must first be hydrolysed into monosaccharaides. Carbohydrate digestion begins in the saliva and stomach where alpha-amylase hydrolyses alpha-1, 4 glycosidic bonds between glucose molecules in starch, forming maltotriose, the disaccharide maltose and dextrin’s made of five to ten glucose molecules (Lim, 2007). The disaccharides sucrose and lactose come directly from food. There are four enzymes found on the brush-border membrane responsible for hydrolysing sucrose, lactose and

  • Chemistry: Carbohydrates

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    body uses the glucose formed as fuel for energy. Different carbs digest and break down at different rates. When our blood sugar levels increase our pancreas pumps insulin into our blood stream. Simple carbs turn into glucose faster where complex carbs slowly turn into glucose. The foods we eat that contain carbohydrates cause our blood sugar levels to increase, transporter proteins push the glucose into our muscles, liver cells and fat where our bodies store or end up using the glucose. The cells in

  • Effects Of Exercise On Homeostasis

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    Kelsey Jones Physiology Final 4-30-14 Riggs Effects of exercise on homeostasis Whether you are lifting weights or going on a run your body will constantly maintain its homeostasis. When you exercise you create diverse effects on the systems in your body, while they are trying to create more energy to keep exercising and to help you recover after. (1) When you create this energy from exercise the effects on your homeostasis is an increase in your breathing and heart rate, and an increase in sweat

  • Why Is Homeostasis Important

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    Homeostasis-Blood Glucose Regulation Definition of Homeostasis Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment of an organism despite external fluctuations. All complex multi-cellular organisms maintain this internal environment at it’s optimal point by using their organs system. An example of this is the blood glucose regulation within humans. Purpose of Homeostasis The purpose of the homeostatic system is to keep the internal factors of the human body within the range at which

  • Preparation of Ethanol and Ethanoic Acid

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    Introduction to report ---------------------- This report contains 5 practical experiments to produce ethanoic acid from ethanol. The first practical is the preparation of ethanol from glucose using yeast during the process of fermentation; this has been demonstrated in class. In this practical the glucose is converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide by respiratory enzymes from the yeast. The ethanol solution will be between 5-15% and the ethanol will be separated from the yeast by filtering

  • The Effects of Concentration of Sugar on the Respiration Rate of Yeast

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    Respiration is not breathing in and out; it is the breakdown of glucose to make energy using oxygen. Every living cell in every living organism uses respiration to make energy all the time. Plants respire (as well as photosynthesise) to release energy for growth, active uptake, etc…. They can also respire anaerobically (without oxygen) to produce ethanol and carbon dioxide as by-products. This reaction is shown in the equation: Glucose Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide + Energy C6H12O6 2C2H5OH

  • The Effect of Sugar Level on the Rate of Fermentation

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    The Effect of Sugar Level on the Rate of Fermentation Aim: The aim of this experiment is to find out whether the rate of Fermentation is affected by the amount of sugar. Apparatus: The equipment used is: · Bunsen burner. · Heat proof mat. · Boiling tube. · Delivery tube. · Water bath. · Water flask. · Thermometer. · Stop watch. · Yeast and Sugar. · Digital weighing scale. · Water. · Measuring cylinder. · Test tube. · Tripod Method:

  • How Temperature Affects the Rate of Respiration in Yeast Cells

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    Test Tubes * [IMAGE]Distilled Water * [IMAGE]Glucose solution (0.5g-1.0g) [IMAGE] * Yeast suspension (0.5g-1.0g) [IMAGE] * Water Baths (Electronic) [IMAGE] * [IMAGE]Test Tube racks * Gas Syringe (200ml) * Stop Clock [IMAGE] [IMAGE]Method: In a preliminary study, I found the best way for me to do this experiment is by measuring 10ml of distilled water into a measuring cylinder, and mixing glucose solution and yeast suspension. I am going to keep

  • The Effect of Light on the Size of Ivy Leaves

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    above hypothesis, because plants cannot grow or live without photosynthesising. Photosynthesis is the process of converting simple organic compounds (CO2 and H2O) into more complex organic compounds (glucose and oxygen), in plants: + Light [IMAGE]- Carbon dioxide + water glucose + oxygen + Light [IMAGE]- 6CO2 + H2O C6 H12O6 + 6O2 All plants photosynthesise, they all have chloroplasts, which contain the green pigment chlorophyll.

  • Investigating How Sugars are Metabolised by Yeast

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    Investigating How Sugars are Metabolised by Yeast Aim The aim of this experiment is to investigate which of the five different forms of sugars namely; glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose and lactose undergo the most metabolisms by yeast. Variables Independent Variable Type of sugar Controlled Variables Temperature of water Amount of yeast Time of reaction Dependant Variable Amount of Carbon dioxide produced during the metabolic reaction Apparatus List Electronic

  • The Effect on the Rate of Respiration of Yeast Cells with Glucose when the Temperature is Varied

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    The Effect on the Rate of Respiration of Yeast Cells with Glucose when the Temperature is Varied Aim The aim of the experiment is to investigate the effect of temperature on the rate of respiration of yeast cells with glucose. As yeast cells use up glucose in respiration, carbon dioxide gas is given off. Measurements of the volume of carbon dioxide gas given off within a set amount of time can be used to measure the rate of reaction. A fast rate of reaction would be indicated by a large

  • The Effects of Enzyme Concentration on the Activity of Amylase

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    The Effects of Enzyme Concentration on the Activity of Amylase To investigate the effect of Amylase concentration on its activity. the relative activity of Amylase is found by noting the time taken for the starch substrate to be broken down, that is, when it is no longer gives a blue-black colour when tested with iodine solution. This time is referred to as the achromatic point. Equipment: v Amylase solution 0.1% v Starch Solution 1.0% v Distilled water v Iodine in potassium

  • The Applications of Enzymes in Industry and Medicine

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    The Applications of Enzymes in Industry and Medicine Enzymes have a wide range of applications and they are used in industry and in medicine to perform numerous different tasks to get specific results. The market for commercially produced enzymes is catalysts is very large because enzymes are used in reactions to speed up a specific process therefore making the process cheaper for the company since they work best in aqueous solutions at atmospheric pressure and at low temperatures. Enzymes

  • The Industrial Application of Enzymes

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    has been using enzymes too for many years in the production of 'artificial' sweeteners. Although sucrose is readily available from the harvesting of cane or beet sugar, glucose and maltose need extracting from starch by enzymic or chemical extraction.Starch is a polymer where the individual units in the polymer are glucose molecules.... ... middle of paper ... ... a pair of jeans would be washed literally together with stones, in recent years enzymes have replaced the stones. This technique

  • The Biological Importance of Water

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    use, water makes this possible. For example plants can only absorb mineral salts in solution and the human digestion system will only absorb soluble foods, so large starch molecules (macro-molecules) must be broken down into soluble sugars like glucose and fructose, in plants. The gas exchange also needs a moist surface, as reaction takes place in a solution, hence avioli in lungs are moist and many plants have moist leaves (mesophyll cells) for gas exchange. The solubility of oxygen in water;

  • An Investigation to Show the Effects of Changing Temperature in Yeast Respiration

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    When the oxygen is used up anaerobic respiration will be present which produces the alcohol. The word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast is: Glucose Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide + Energy ----------------------------------------- Anaerobic respiration is different in humans than it is in yeast because we break down glucose into lactic acid whereas yeast breaks it down into alcohol. Input Variables There are several different variables in this experiment such as:

  • Glycogen Storage Disorder

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    disorder this can affect many different age groups from new born to the elderly. It deals with the function of the body to obtain its greatest source from which it obtains energy from. It deals with glucose, now there are many different categories that can fall under this. Because the body will store glucose as glycogen then reconvert it back, now this is where the problem is found. The bodies of some individuals lack enzymes or an enzyme that is needed to convert it back. Because some lack the enzymes