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An activity about action of saliva on flour (ata)

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Answered by Lamesoul
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Materials Required

Three series of test tubes having iodine solution in each, test tubes, ice cubes, water, 15 ml 1% starch solution + 3 ml 1% NaCl, saliva solution, droppers, thermometer, Bunsen burner and wire gauze.

Procedure

Take beaker containing 15 ml of 1% starch solution + 3 ml of 1% NaCl solution.Divide and pour this solution into three test tubes and mark them as A, B and C.Maintain the temperature of the beaker containing ice cubes at 5°C.Take beaker containing ice cubes and keep it on the table.Take another two beakers containing water and heat over the Bunsen burner.Now transfer experimental tube A into a beaker containing ice.Transfer the second experimental tube B into water bath set at 37°C and third experimental tube C into the beaker maintained at 50°C.Using a dropper, take 1 ml saliva solution and transfer the solution into test tube A.Similarly, add 1 ml saliva solution into test tube B and test tube C.Immediately, using a dropper, take few drops from experimental tube A and transfer this into first series of test tubes having iodine solution.Similarly, using fresh droppers, do the same procedure for test tube B and test tube C and transfer the solution into second and third series of test tubes having iodine solution.Note this time as zero minute reading.After an interval of 2 minutes, again take a few drops from each tube and add to the iodine tubes and note the change in colour of iodine.Keep on repeating the experiment at an interval of every 2 minutes till colour of iodine does not change.

Results

It takes less time to reach achromic point at 37°C, as the enzyme is maximum active at this temperature, while at higher and lower temperatures more time is taken to reach the achromic point.

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