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What does pancreatic amylase do in the body?
It breaks down carbohydrates into simple sugars!
Enzyme that breaks down Protein?
The general name for these enzymes is proteases
Enzyme present in saliva?
Amylase is the enzyme present in saliva, which breaks down sugars.
If you bite a plain biscuits and leave it in your mouth for some time it will taste sweet explain?
It is because biscuits are source of carbohydrates and the transformation of carbohydrates into sugar begins in the mouth. Amylase is an enzyme in saliva that will break down carbohydrates to sugar. If an individual chews biscuits for a while, it will begin to taste sweet because the enzymes in saliva break down the carbohydrates in It is because biscuits are source of carbohydrates and the transformation of carbohydrates into sugar begins in the mouth. Amylase is an enzyme in saliva that will break down carbohydrates to sugar. If an individual chews biscuits for a while, it will begin to taste sweet because the enzymes in saliva break down the carbohydrates into glucose sugar. to glucose sugar. to glucose sugar.
What enzyme breaks down RNA?
Ribonuclease breaks down RNA
What does this amylase do?
It is an enzyme.It breaks down carbohydrates.
How does amylase function in the breakdown of complex carbohydrates?
Pancreatic amylase breaks down carbohydrates in the pancreas by chemically destroying the molecules.
What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates first?
amylase
Enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates?
amylase breakes down carbs
What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates?
Several. * Amylase breaks down starch to simpler sugar * sucrase breaks down sucrose to glucose * maltase breaks down maltose to glucose
What does pancreatic amylase do in the body?
It breaks down carbohydrates into simple sugars!
What is MAJOR enzyme breaks down carbohydrates?
I only know that your saliva breaks down carbs in your mouth as you chew.
What are some of the enzymes and buffers produced by the pancreas?
Lipase, which breaks down fats, and pancreatic amylase, which breaks down carbohydrates.
Which enzymes are responsible for the final chemical breakdown of carbohydrates and amino acids and nucleic acids?
Trypsin and chymotrypsin break down proteins. Lipase breaks down lipids. Amylase breaks down starches and carbohydrates
What is a class or group of enzymes that break down carbohydrates?
Carbohydrase breaks down starch-Amylase breaks down glucose into fructose (sweeter; useful for diabetics)-Isomerase breaks down proteins-Protease breaks down fats-Lipase
What organelle breaks down carbohydrates into ATP?
the mitochondria
The group of organs that break down foods?
Your GI, or gastrointestinal, tract breaks down foods. The make-up of the food you ingest will determine how it's broken down. Your mouth mechanically (chewing) breaks down all food and chemically breaks down carbohydrates. Your stomach breaks down proteins and fats. Your small intestine breaks down everything else via pancreatic acids and enzymes. Majority of carbohydrates break down in the small intestine.
