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Enzymes: Acid Phosphatase Data & Report Sheet m of each s In Experiment #5, The

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Enzymes: Acid Phosphatase Data & Report Sheet m of each s In Experiment #5, The Chemistry of Carbohydrates, you tested for starch with iodine solution. What color change is observed when iodine solution is added to starch solution? 2- 5. What is the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for vitamin C for adults? See text book or find this information on the internet. What disease results if a person becomes deficient in vitamin C? What are the symptoms of this disease? 6. 7. Given the symptoms of vitamin C deficiency, what is one biochemical function for vitamin Cin the body? You should describe the biochemical or metabolic function in which vitamin C is involved (see textbook).

Explanation / Answer

4 Ans. The solution turns blue when iodine in starch.

5 Ans. The RDA of vitamin C is 90mg/day for adult men and 75 mg/day for adult women.

6 Ans. Deficiency of vitamin C causes Scurvy.

The symptoms of scurvy include damage or loss of teeth, gingivitis, anemia, swollen joints, edema, reduced wound healing, depression, etc.

7 Ans. Vitamin C is involved in maintaining the quaility of the bone. It promotes the assimilation of calcium to the bone and prevents the calcium to get leached from the bone. Vitamin C promotes the formation of cell that assimilate calcium to bone and inhibits the formation of cell that leach calcium out of the bone.