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The activity of amylase decreases drastcially due to the very low pH this is one of the reasons more amylase is added by the pacreas.
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Where is amylase excreted?
Amylase is excreted in the mouth (saliva), stomach, and pancreas.
If your mouth produces amylase and your stomach is highly acidic what happens to the amylase when you swallow?
Amylase is an enzyme, which is a type of protein. Protein denatures when temperature or pH (acidity) is changed. for example, amylase will no longer digest starch if you put it in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. in the stomach, hydrochloric acid is produced by the stomach lining to digest food. this acid will denature the amylase when the swallowed food mixed with amylase from the mouth enters the stomach.
Why should the amylase in the saliva be replaced with carbohydrase in the small intestine?
bcz the salivary amylase is denatured due to acidic medium in stomach so to digest the carbohydrates we need new amylase.
Would amylase present in saliva be active in the stomach?
no
What is the parasympathetic and Sympathetic effect on the stomach?
The parasympathetic is stimulatory to stomach , increase the gastric secretion and motility while the sympathetic is inhibitory , decrease the gastric secretion and motility
What is broken down by stomach churning and enzyme amylase?
The stomach breaks down mainly proteins into smaller polypeptides. However, amylase will not break anything down in the stomach because it is denatured by the acid. Salivary amylase will break down amylose, a type of starch, but only in the few seconds of mastication. Once the bolus reaches the stomach, the salivary amylase is no longer active. Carbohydrates will be broken down again in the small intestine, where pancreatic amylase will make a return after the chyme is neutralized into a basic solution.
Why arn't lipase and amylase secreted into the stomach with pepsin?
Lipase and amylase require an alkaline environment such as what is found in the duodenum of the small intestine. Pepsin functions in the acidic environment of the stomach.
Why does amylase work in the mouth but not the stomach?
Because of enzyme specificity, enzymes require certain temperatures and pH's to work. Now I don't think there is a temperature change, but there is most certainly a pH change as the mouth has a near neutral pH while the stomach has a more acidic pH of about 2-3.
What are the names of digestion enzymes in the mouth and stomach?
salivary amylase.
Does the enzymes act in the mouth or in the stomach?
Both. Salivary amylase works in your mouth, and the others in your stomach and duodenum.
How is salivary amylase active in the stomach?
Amylase is not active in the stomach, the environment is too acidic. This is why the pancrease produces and secretes amylase into the duodenum after food leaves the stomach, to replace the amylase secreted by salivary glands and denatured by stomach acid.
Where does amylase break down starch in the body?
first in mouth then i the stomach
