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carbohydrates are the main compounds digested by amylase
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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.
Can amylase digest cellulose?
no
Is salivary amylase able to digest cellulose?
Salivary amylase is not able to digest cellulose. Amylase has the ability to digest starch but cellulose is a fibre which in indigestible.
What breaks down fruits?
This enzyme is a type of amylase. This is the same type of enzyme released by the liver to help digest fruits.
How does saliva digest starch?
Amylase
What enzyme breaks down fruit?
This enzyme is a type of amylase. This is the same type of enzyme released by the liver to help digest fruits.
What type of digestion is done by salivary glands?
salivary glands donot digest salivary amylase converts starch to glucose
Salivary amylase will digest what to form glucose?
Carbohydrates.
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.
What enzyme helps you digest starch?
Amylase digests starch
What are a group of enzymes that chemically digest fats?
Amylase
Amylase is an enzyme that is only able to digest what?
Starch
