GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY QUIZ

Which of the following is not a disaccharide?

None of these

Amylose

Lactose

Cellobiose

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During vigorous exercise, pyruvate produced by glycolysis is converted to

pyruvic acid

lactate

monosodium phosphate

acetate

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Gluconeogenesis is the

synthesis of glucose from non-carbohydrate precursors

formation of glycogen

breakdown of glucose to pyruvate

breakdown of glycogen to glucose

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Two major products of pentose phosphate pathway are

flavine adenine dinuclueotide and glucose 5-phosphate

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and ribose 5-phosphate

FAD and CoA

NADPH and NAD

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What is present in the stomach to prevent self-digestion?

acid

Enzymes

Mucus

hormones

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Storage polysaccharide made by animals is

collagen

glycogen

amylopectin

cellulose

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The sugar which forms major component of nucleic acids is

ribose

galactose

maltose

mannose

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Saliva contains all of the following except

amylase

bacteria-killing enzymes

hormones

antibodies

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The function of gluconeogenesis is

a pathway for the utilization of amino acids

All of these

maintenance of blood glucose levels during starvation or a low carbohydrate diet

recovery of lactate from fermentation and glycerol from fat breakdown

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The multistep pathways of metabolism are efficient because they

use the same substrate for all of the enzymes in the pathway

locate all of the enzymes for a pathway in the same place within the cell

use the same enzyme for all of the substrates in the pathway

spread the enzymes for a pathway into several different organelles

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