Carbohydrates are digested (hydrolyzed) by the enzyme amylase, found in saliva. However, saliva does not contain any protein-hydrolyzing enzymes. Enzymes are specific, meaning they will only hydrolyze the substrates (reactants) they were made to hydrolyze, so amylase will not hydrolyze proteins.
Saliva does not contain protein-digesting enzymes; instead, it has amylase, to begin the break down of starch into simpler sugars.
Yes, it starts the digestion process
Yes, saliva begins the digestion process
It would be difficult to use powerful digestive enzymes in the mouth, because of the risk of damaging the mouth. Your cheeks and gums could also be digested.
Yes, it contains an enzyme called "Amylase" which breaks down starch into sugars (in Humans).
Your mouth begins digesting starch. Saliva contains enzymes that help digest starch. Then when food enters your small intestine, other enzymes help digest starch. In your large intestine, bacteria help you digest starch.
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protease will digest protein
It does not digest starch faster. The saliva produced before the meal will have a longer time to prepare.
Starch doesn't digest saliva. The enzyme in saliva digests starch.
Enzymes dont digest proteins they act as cataylst to break down the protein, there is a difference. :D As one enzyme is specifc to one type of protein, there are a wide variety of them, For example. Amylose (in out saliva) is catalyst by amylase the enzyme. Lactose in dairy is cataylsed by the enzyme lactase. And Cellulose (in plant cell walls) is catalysted by Celluase.
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it doesnt matter how long, it matters on how you do it.maybe mix it up with a shake, its in food also.
It doesnt digest as such it is the bi product of digestion