in many animals, glucose, rather than starch, is transported by the blood through the body to all the cells. Starches in many foods are digested to yield glucose. explain why the digestion of starch to glucose is necessary.
2007-11-08 12:47:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Starch is a large, large molecule. Its too big to pass across cell membranes so we digest it by breaking it down to small monomers of glucose
2007-11-08 12:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by bioguy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starch exists only in plants. Because starch is insoluble, animals have to digest starch to glucose, which is then transported to other parts of the body. In animals the storage form of carbohydrate is glycogen.
2007-11-08 21:03:38 · answer #2 · answered by OKIM IM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Your body cannot process complex sugars such as starch. Amylase in your saliva breaks down starch into a usable form of glucose."
=> Glucose is then put through the process of photosynthesis and other processesand made into ATP's which are basically the final unit of energy for your body.
2007-11-08 21:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
starch is a polysaccharide which is too large to be used by the body therefore it is broken down to maltose (2 glucose molecules) by amylase. this smaller molecule is then able to travel and be used for energy
fyi photosynthesis only occurs in plants; this is the process that produces the starch that was digested.
2007-11-08 22:01:26 · answer #4 · answered by BioNerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your body cannot process complex sugars such as starch. Amylase in your saliva breaks down starch into a usable form of glucose.
2007-11-08 20:56:34 · answer #5 · answered by Mayor McKim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because glucose can be used as energy for the body to do work. Move, talk, etc.
2007-11-08 21:05:05 · answer #6 · answered by Vince R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like someone doesn't want to do their own homework!!
2007-11-08 20:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by pollyzmama 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋