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PhysioEx Exercise 8 Activity 7
PhysioEx Exercise 8 Activity 7
Experiment Results
Predict Question
1 Predict Question: Which tube do you think will have the highest lipase activity?
Your answer: tube 6 (lipase, vegetable oil, bile salts, pH 9.0 buffer).
You correctly answered: both lipase activity and fatty acid release.
2 Why is it difficult to detect whether lipase is active in tube 5 (lipase, vegetable oil, bile
salts, pH 2.0 buffer)?
You correctly answered: The pH is already very low, so a decrease in pH might be difficult
to detect.
Experiment Data
Tube Reagent Reagent Reagent Reagent Time Temp pH
No 1 2 3 4 (min) (°C) i
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Vegetable pH 7.0
1 Lipase Bile salts 60 37 6.21
Oil Buffer
Vegetable Deionized pH 7.0
2 Lipase 60 37 7.00
Oil Water Buffer
Deionized pH 9.0
3 Lipase Bile salts 60 37 9.00
Water Buffer
Deionized Vegetable pH 7.0
4 Bile salts 60 37 7.00
Water Oil Buffer
Vegetable pH 2.0
5 Lipase Bile salts 60 37 2.00
Oil Buffer
Vegetable pH 9.0
6 Lipase Bile salts 60 37 9.00
Oil Buffer
3 Which tube confirms that there is no lipase in bile salts or vegetable oil?
You correctly answered: tube 4 (deionized water, vegetable oil, bile salts, pH 7.0 buffer).
2 Which tube had the highest lipase activity? How well did the results compare with your
prediction? Discuss possible reasons why it may or may not have matched.
Your answer:
No se predijo correctamente que el tubo donde a haber mayor actividad de la lipasa iba a
ser en el tubo 1, ya que en este,comparándolo con los tubos 5 y 6 donde se varía el pH es
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donde más se redujo el pH en comparación y por lo tanto donde mejor funciona la lipasa
es a pH 7.
3 Explain why pancreatic lipase would be active in both the mouth and the pancreas.
Your answer:
Sería activa en estos dos sitios porque tiene un pH óptimo para su funcionamiento, es
decir, tienen un pH de 7.
4 Describe the process of bile emulsification of lipids and how it improves lipase activity.
Your answer:
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