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What is the name of the enzyme in saliva and what compound is produced when this enzyme acts on starch?
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∙ 12y ago
the enzyme ptylin or some amylase and it converts starch to maltose
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Does saliva contain starch?
Saliva contains the enzyme amylase which breaks down the starch (amylose) into maltose.
Which food type do enzymes in saliva attack?
The enzyme in your saliva is Amylase, which is used to breakdown Amylose, a form of starch. Starch is a complex carbohydrate, so the enzyme in your saliva breaks down complex carbohydrates.
Enzyme present in saliva?
Amylase is the enzyme present in saliva, which breaks down sugars.
What does saliva change complex carbohydrates into?
Saliva changes starch into sugar. This is why, when you let a cracker sit in your mouth, it starts to turn sweet. The enzyme in saliva that does this is called amylase.
What enzyme found in saliva breaks chemical bonds between the sugar monomers in starches?
AMYLASE is a saliva that breaks into starch, releasing sugar
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.
Saliva contains an enzyme that breaks down?
starch
What enzyme is responsible for hydrolysis of starch with saliva?
This is amylase.
Why does iodine stop turning starch blue when saliva is present?
Saliva contains a digestive enzyme that converts starch into sugar.
How can you tell how quickly the saliva digests the starch?
Starch doesn't digest saliva. The enzyme in saliva digests starch.
Does saliva contain starch?
Saliva contains the enzyme amylase which breaks down the starch (amylose) into maltose.
What substance does enzyme in saliva change starch into?
Sugar, glucose.
Why does saliva shrink starch particles?
because saliva contains an enzyme called amylase that breaks down starch, beginning digestion.
How do you explain when we add starch solution saliva dilute alkali and did not presence of starch and presence of glucose?
The enzyme amylase in the saliva broke the starch down into glucose.
What substances does the enzymes in saliva change starch into?
it contains enzymes which break the starch down to sugar
What enzyme in your saliva reacts with carbohydrates?
The most important would be the starch breaking enzyme amylase, which catalyzes the decomposition of starch into simpler sugars.
Which enzyme present in saliva help in starch digestion?
Salivary amylase
