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Why do you have saliva?
Saliva does not only keep your mouth moistened but it has an enzyme in it called amylase which breaks down starch into sugar particles.
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.
What happen to starch if the saliva was boiled before it is mixed with starch?
Boiling saliva before mixing it with starch would denature the enzymes in saliva that break down starch. This would prevent the starch from being properly digested and broken down into simpler sugars.
Does saliva contain starch?
Yes, saliva contains an enzyme called amylase, which helps break down starches into simpler sugars. This process begins in the mouth during chewing and continues as food moves through the digestive system.
What substances does the enzymes in saliva change starch into?
it contains enzymes which break the starch down to sugar
What kind of food does the saliva acts on?
Saliva acts on starch
What does the mouth do to aid in digestion?
It chew food in to small pieces and adds saliva for digestion. The process of digestion is to take large food particles and break them down into small food particles. Chewing mechanically reduces the size of the food particles. The saliva helps breaks down starch into sugar.
What happened to the starch solution after you have added saliva?
Saliva contains enzymes that break down starch into simpler sugars like maltose. After adding saliva to a starch solution, the amylase enzyme in saliva breaks down the starch molecules into these simpler sugars, leading to a sweet taste in the solution due to the presence of maltose.
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 is the effect of hydrochloric acid on the saliva starch suspension reaction?
Hydrochloric acid denatures the enzyme amylase present in saliva, which is responsible for breaking down starch into maltose. This results in a decreased rate of starch digestion in the saliva starch suspension reaction.
What nutrient is absorbed into your saliva?
Your saliva does not absorb nutrients. Your saliva breaks down starch into glucose.
