What digestive enzymes do

A range of practical techniques allow us to follow digestive processes – including the use of Visking tubing as a model for the gut.

Experiments

• Investigating the effect of amylase on a starchy foodstuff
  Investigate the digestion of a starchy foodstuff by the enzyme amylase in a length of Visking tubing that models the gut. Test for products of digestion within and outside the model gut.