The amylase will break down the starch. A series of test tubes containing a mixture of starch and amylase is set up at different pHs. start timing immediately remove a sample immediately ...

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People with more copies produce more salivary amylase and break down starchy foods more efficiently. This genetic variation evolved as humans shifted to agricultural diets with higher starch ...

Put 1cm³ of amylase enzyme into tube 1 but not tube 2. Leave at room temperature for five minutes. Test for starch (using iodine) and glucose (using Benedict’s reagent) inside and outside both ...