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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


How can you tell how quickly the saliva digests the starch?

Starch doesn't digest saliva. The enzyme in saliva digests starch.


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.


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 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


What enzyme contained in saliva helps breakdown starch?

Salivary amylase.


Saliva and pancreatic juice contains what enzyme to digest starch?

Amalyse


What enzyme is present in saliva what does it do?

Amylase, it breaks down starch into sugar.


Why does iodine stop turning starch blue when saliva is present?

Iodine interacts with starch to form a blue-black complex. The amylase enzyme in saliva breaks down starch molecules into smaller sugar molecules, preventing the iodine from forming the blue-black complex. As a result, iodine does not turn blue in the presence of saliva and starch.