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The enzyme secreted by salivary glands is salivary amylase that acts on cooked starch, converts it to maltose and acts on uncooked starch,converts it to dextrose. Saliva also acts as a lubricant after the mastication of food into a bolus to ease the process of swallowing and peristalsis in the oesophagus.

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