ENZYMES

Enzymes  You should be able to recall the function on an enzyme, name the main enzymes that work in the body and the food group that they work on giving the products after digestion Protease, amylase, lipase, starch,glucose, amino acids, fatty acids and glycerol

Starter question  How do bees turn Nectar into honey?

Enzymes Why are these pictures here?

Each enzymes chemically cuts one particular food group  Starch is made of long chains of glucose

Each enzymes chemically cuts one particular food group  The enzyme amylase breaks these long chains down into small glucose molecules

Each enzymes chemically cuts one particular food group  The glucose is then small enough to be absorbed into the blood  Which organ does this happen in?

Different Enzymes  Proteins become amino acids, broken down by the enzyme Protease

Different Enzymes  Fats are broken into Fatty acids and glycerol by the enzyme lipase