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Digestion of starch and other carbohydrates begins in the mouth with an enzyme called salivary amylase.
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∙ 13y agoAmylase is used to digest starch. Your body makes it in two locations the saliva glands and pancreas.
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∙ 13y agoTheere is an enzyme in your saliva called as amylase. It starts the digestion of starch in your digestive system.
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∙ 12y agosalivary glands in mouth are secreting the amylase enzyme that is starch splitting
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∙ 13y agoAnswer: Amylase
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What enzyme helps you digest starch?
Amylase digests starch
Amylase is an enzyme that is only able to digest what?
Starch
Saliva and pancreatic juice contains what enzyme to digest starch?
Amalyse
Why digestion of starch starts in the mouth?
It does not digest starch faster. The saliva produced before the meal will have a longer time to prepare.
How can you tell how quickly the saliva digests the starch?
Starch doesn't digest saliva. The enzyme in saliva digests starch.
How are Enzyme's used in the food industry?
proteases are used to pre-digest the protein in some baby foods. carbohydrases are used to convert starch into sugar syrup
What does the enzyme carbohydrase in the small intestine do?
1)enzyme is a chemical substance that digest starch and reducing sugar 2)Also, the carbohydrase enzymes break down the big starch particles...the starch particles are to big to digest - it is like having peas through a sieve! Rate This Answer
Why did the enzyme not digest starch at any pH?
becuase it soor your face! aww u gnna take that !@£$%&*?
What would happen if enzyme amylase is absent in saliavary gland secretions?
Starch and glycogen would not be able to be digested and sugar would not be able to be formed.
Which glands help digest starch?
Glands aren't responsible directly for the breaking down of starch. The enzyme that is responsible for the digestion of starch is amylase. This enzyme is produced by the salivary glands in our mouth - salivary amylase. It's also made by the pancreas - pancreatic amylase.
What does amylase enzyme digest?
Amylase helps the body digesting starch. Different types of amylase (alpha, beta...) can split different types of starch into sugar units.
What is the enzyme produced in mouth?
Salivary amylase is produced in the mouth so that it can digest carbohydrate
