Explain what happens to milk proteins during the formation of yogurt. (HInt: yogurt is made by fermentation of milk by bacteria, typically Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophillus. The bacteria convert milk sugar to lactic acid.)

Q: Can you describe what happens when milk is converted into curd or yoghurt,from your understanding of…

A: Most of the protein present in the milk is a globular protein called casein. The milk sugar present…

Q: True or false  Lactase breaks down all the disaccharides

A: Lactase is an enzyme, which is produced by cells that line the walls of the small intestine. These…

Q: Can the bacteria Alicaligenes Faecalis ferment lactose?

A: Can the bacteria Alicaligenes faecalis ferment lactose.

Q: People with lactose intolerance cannot digest the common dairy sugar lactose. Besides being careful…

A: Lactose intolerance is a digestive disorder caused by the inability to digest lactose, the main…

Q: Explain how the prolong intake of antacids can lead to vitamin B12 deficiency?

A: Vitamins are the micronutrients, these are required in very less amount. These can be consumed from…

Q: Under anaerobic conditions, the major metabolite produced in the liver for export is which of the…

A: Anaerobic respiration occurs under oxygen stress conditions or in absence of oxygen. The liver is…

Q: Why is glycolysis more rapid after the infusion of fructose?

A: Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway of carbohydrate breakdown i.e. glucose breakdown to yield a…

Q: Why fructose must not be used frequenly by the humans?

A: Fruit sugar, often known as fructose, is a ketonic simple sugar present in many plants, where it is…

Q: Estimate the optimum pH for the digestive enzyme trypsin, which hydrolyzes proteins in the small…

A: Proteases or peptidases are the class of enzymes that catalyzes or increases the rate of proteolysis…

Q: A fatty acid (17-carbon one), at least a portion of it, turned into glucose (considered glucogenic),…

A: Introduction The difference between the degradation of odd fatty acids from even fatty acids is the…

Q: Which sugar is better to use as substitute for table sugar for diabetics, L-arabinose or maltose?…

A: Diabetic people have higher glucose content as compared to normal individuals. Diabetes is caused by…

Q: Is the product SARDINES is affected by protein denaturation during processing and storage? If so, is…

A: Protein denaturation is a concern in fisheries products. As a result, additional verification tests…

Q: What is the difference between protein digestion and protein denaturation? Both occur after a meal.

A: Protein is a polymer of amino acids connected together via peptide bond. Protein is the functional…

Q: Following a particularly strenuous ride on your Peloton exercise bike, your muscles release lactate…

A: Lactate is necessary in many important conversions like In glycolysis, conversion of…

Q: The principal sugar found in milk is O A) sucrose O B) lactose O C) maltose O D) all of these

A: We are authorized to answer only one question at a time, since you have not mentioned which question…

Q: Define lactose

A: Disaccharides are carbohydrates which contain two molecules or two units of monosaccharide. Two…

Q: Explain why glucose shows mutarotation?

A: According to the question, we have to give an explanation why glucose shows mutarotation. So, let us…

Q: Which vitamin deficiency is associated with high amounts of serine accumulation?   A. Folic acid…

A: A nutrient is a substance or compound that helps an organism to grow, survive and reproduce. There…

Q: In lactose monosaccharides are linked by

A: The type of sugar that forms an exclusive constituent of milk is known as lactose. Lactose is…

Q: Describe the effects of a diet that includes large amounts of fructose.

A: Fructose was a natural fruit sugar .it was a keto hexose ,monosaccharide found in many plants .it…

Q: Explain how osazone formation may be used to distinguish between : glucose, fructose, lactose and…

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Q: It has been stated many times that fatty acids cannot yield a net gain in carbohydrates. Why can…

A: Fatty acids are biomolecules made up of lipid and carboxylic acids. They can be saturated or…

Q: Breakdown of polysaccharides into shorter carbohydrate units occurs on the inner surface of the…

A: The process by which complex carbohydrates present in the food are broken down into simple sugars…

Q: What is the significance of the conformational change that occurs to the hexose in lysozyme? (No…

A: Lysozyme It is an enzyme which is found in tears, saliva, and milk. This enzyme has antibacterial…

Q: Which of the following best explain lactose intolerance? O Inability to digest lactose and causes…

A: Lactose is a disaccharide that is broken into the monosaccharides glucose and galactose before…

Q: Name two disaccharides and describe the digestion (hydrolysis) of these two disaccharides.

A: The organic compounds that are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are called saccharides.…

Q: People with celiac disease cannot metabolize gluten, but have no trouble with foods high in the…

A: Natural amino acid  Natural amino acid are those amino acids which are found in nature. There are…

Q: Why would it be advantageous for a cell to use glucose before lactose?

A: Glucose and lactose are both carbohydrates that are used as an energy source. When glucose and…

Q: Describe the consequences of the substitution of sugar for fat in processed food.

A: Processed food is any food that has been changed from the original form into new form by cooking,…

Q: Explain Lactose Intolerance?

A: A glass of milk a day was a nightmare to our childhood days. This white liquid is not preferred by…

Q: why are ketones formed during starvation

A: Biochemical reactions involves a series enzyme-catalyzed reactions that involves the generation of a…

Q: Whenever a person consumes dairy products, they utilize lactase enzymes to break down the…

A: The process of synthesis of proteins(lactase enzyme) from DNA is by two process transcription and…

Q: Which products of fat hydrolysis would cause a change in pH of the whole milk   sample? Why does a…

A: Food is the source of all the nutrients such as fats, proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, and…

Q: Which of the following foods can someone who has lactoseintolerance eat?(a) ice cream(b) french…

A: Lactose intolerance is a condition where an individual cannot fully digest lactose, due to either…

Q: Shuffling of amino group to generate glutamate Removal of basic and acidic functional groups…

A: Biomolecules are constantly being synthesized, broken down and transformed into other molecules…

Q: Mention the significance of aminotic fluid.

A: Foetal membranes are called extra embryonic membranes as they are not part of the body of embryo.…

Q: Salivary amylase catalyzes the hydrolysis of a. starch to form glucose b. starch to form maltose c.…

A: Enzymes are proteins that go about as biological catalysts. Catalysts quicken substance responses.…

Q: To store glucose as the polysaccharide ___________________, __________________ is first converted to…

A: Introduction: Polysaccharides consist of repeat units of monosaccharides or their derivatives which…

Q: Explain why regularly ingesting a large excess of a fat-soluble vitamin can lead to severe health…

A: Vitamins that are soluble in organic solvents are called fat-soluble vitamins. These vitamins are…

Q: Sucrose is commonly used to preserve fruits. Why is glucose not suitable for preserving foods?

A: Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose which was most commonly found in the…

Q: Explain why all mono- and disaccharides are soluble in water? What are some examples of artificial…

A: All mono- and disaccharides are soluble in water. Monosaccharides are glucose, fructose, and…

Q: Between glucose and fructose, which monosaccharide is metabolized faster? Why?

A: Both glucose and fructose are monosaccharides. Both undergo oxidation and produce two molecules of…

Q: Define the following terms: a. thiolytic cleavage b. ketogenesis c. ketone bodies d. α-oxidation e.…

A: Introduction: Acetyl CoA is involved in the various reaction in the metabolism of carbohydrates,…

Q: Mention the locations where the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates and proteins occur. Give…

A: Digestion is the process of breaking down the ingested food molecules into smaller molecules,…

Q: Maltase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the disaccharide maltose. This process occurs…

A: Maltase is an enzyme located in on the brush border of the small intestine that breaks down the…

Q: Sucrose does not undergo mutarotation. Explain.

A: Introduction: Mutarotation is change in the optical rotation occurs when there is change in the…

Q: Which of the following is NOT TRUE about cholesterol biosynthesis?

A: Cholesterol is a form of lipid and is insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents like…