What is the optimal temperature for Lactex? Use the class data from the lab to support your answer.
The optimal temperature for Lactex, based on class data from the Lactex Enzyme Lab, is about 0-10° Celsius. This conclusion is supported by all three of the group’s tests, where the cold milk provided a glucose level of 200 mg/dL. The hot milk also provided a similar glucose level, except when the temperature become too extreme the glucose level ended up negative. When the milk was at room temperature, the Lactex was still effective yet it wasn’t producing a high glucose level. Therefore, the optimal temperature for Lactex is about 0-10° Celsius.
What is the optimal pH for Lactex? Use the class data from your lab to support your answer.
The optimal pH level for Lactex, based on class data from the Lactex Enzyme Lab, is four. Group 5’s table didn’t show much diversity, therefore an optimal level couldn’t be drawn from the data. However Group 4’s table said that when the pH level is at four, the glucose level is at 250 mg/dL, a level much higher than what the other pH levels were at. Therefore the optimal pH level for Lactex is four.…show more content… Why would you use such conditions?
I would use cold cow milk at a pH level of four. I would use these conditions because they are the optimal conditions for Lactex, an enzyme that breaks down lactose into galactose and glucose. Lactex only works in cow milk and it produces a higher glucose level when the temperature is between 0-10° Celsius and has a pH level of
