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Biomolecules Lab Report

The document is a lab report that tested for the presence of three biomolecules - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - in various foods. Tests were conducted by observing the chemical reactions when foods were mixed with specific reagents. For lipids, foods like water and oil showed a positive result, while milk and starch were negative. Carbohydrates testing showed starch and apple juice as positive, while albumin and oil were negative. For proteins, milk and albumin tested positive while the other foods tested negative. The results provided evidence that conducting chemical tests to observe reactions can detect biomolecules in foods.

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Biomolecules Lab Report

The document is a lab report that tested for the presence of three biomolecules - carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins - in various foods. Tests were conducted by observing the chemical reactions when foods were mixed with specific reagents. For lipids, foods like water and oil showed a positive result, while milk and starch were negative. Carbohydrates testing showed starch and apple juice as positive, while albumin and oil were negative. For proteins, milk and albumin tested positive while the other foods tested negative. The results provided evidence that conducting chemical tests to observe reactions can detect biomolecules in foods.

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Biomolecules Lab Report

By Nicolas Hudde, Ahbid Bhana and Ana Sanchez

How can you detect the presence of biomolecules in food?

Introduction:

A biomolecule is a molecule that’s present in all living organisms. The ones that we
did for our Biomolecule Lab Report were Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins. A way
to detect biomolecules in food is by conducting a lab test in which chemicals are
mixed to find a specific chemical reaction. We did 3 biomolecule tests, for example,
during the experiment, we mixed liquids to identify positive or negative results.

Hypothesis:

If we can see the presence of the biomolecule, then the test result is positive
because the lab test will visually show the difference of the biomolecule being
present or not present.

Data tables/Pictures

Lipids

Water When I first dropped a few drops of water onto the paper, it slowly
started drying. So with that being said, water is positive because you
could see the water through the paper.

Milk Milk is negative because after 15 minutes when I lifted the paper I
couldn’t see the milk through the paper.

Apple Apple juice is negative for lipids because the juice didn’t trespass the
juice paper, and we couldn’t see it through light.

Oil Oil was the fastest to dry and you could see that the oil started
spreading everywhere when it started drying. So oil is positive for lipids.

Starch Starch is negative for lipids because it didn’t dry up in the 15 minutes
and I couldn’t see the starch through the paper.

Albumin Albumin is negative for lipids. I couldn’t see the albumin through the
paper so with that being said, it is not positive for lipids.
Carbs
Control Negative because there were no dark colors in the liquid.

Starch Positive because it was black on top and dark purple below.

Albumin Negative because there was no dark color/dark yellow in the liquid.

Apple Juice Positive as there was very dark yellow on top, fading lighter below
but very dark on top.

Oil Positive because oil doesn't mix with distilled water, and it is dark
yellow on top.

Milk Negative because there were only yellow spots, nothing dark.

Proteins
Control Negative, it is negative because it didn’t change to purple it
changed to blue that means that it doesn’t have protein, so the is
not protein.

Starch Negative, it is negative because it changed to the color blue, that


means that it doesn’t have protein.r

Albumin Positive, it is positive because it changed to the color purple, that


means that it has protein.
Apple Juice Negative, because it doesn’t have protein the color of the chemical
reaction came in blue so that means that it is negative.

Oil Negative, since the chemical reaction made the reaction change
into blue, so it is negative because it doesn’t have any protein.

Milk Positive, it is positive because it does have protein, and we can say
that it has protein because the color of the chemical reaction came
as purple and that means positive.

Claim:

We can detect the presence of a biomolecule in food because the chemical reaction
of color in the test tubes, or cardboard papers, shows us if it is positive or negative.

Evidence:
When I did my test about lipids, I had 5 papers. I used the paper to detect if water,
milk, oil, starch, and albumin were positive or negative. So I added a tiny drop in each
cardboard paper with the liquids I mentioned above. I waited for 15 minutes to let the
liquids dry. When they got dried, I lifted each paper and I could see the water from
behind the paper, so it was positive. When I did milk, it was negative because I
couldn’t see the drop of milk from behind, so it was negative. II did an oil that was the
fastest one to get dried, so when I lifted the paper I could see the oil, so it is positive.
Starch and albumin were both negative because I couldn’t see the light from behind
the paper.
Ahbid Bhana Bhiku

Reasoning:

A biomolecule is a molecule that’s present in all living organisms. The ones that we
did for our Biomolecule Lab Report were Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins. A way
to detect biomolecules in food is by conducting a lab test in which chemicals are
mixed to find a specific chemical reaction. We did 3 biomolecule tests, for example,
during the experiment, we mixed liquids to identify positive or negative results.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, you can detect the presence of biomolecules in food by conducting a


lab test for a specific biomolecule.

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