What is the name of the enzymes present in the saliva and what type of food it acts on?

Answer 1

Salivary amylase. This enzyme helps to turn starch into a sugar called maltose...when your food gets into the small intestine, more amylase is made by the pancreas also.

Another enzyme called maltase, turns all this maltose into glucose. Glucose is then absorbed into the blood.

Answer 2

There are two digestive enzymes found in saliva and they are: Lingual lypase and amylase.
amylase
Salivary Amylase
amylase
it has enzymes that start digesting carbohydrates

Answer 3

The saliva gland produces saliva which uses an enzyme called amylase to chemically digest the food.

Amylase is an enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of starch into sugars

Answer 4

There are two digestive enzymes found in saliva, but the typical answer is amylase. Amylase begins the digestion of carbohydrates. Lingual lipase, which works in the digestion of fats, is also released in the mouth, but not by the salivary glands. It does not begin its digestive work until it reaches the appropriate pH environment of the intestines, though.

Answer 5

The Oral Cavity has limited digestion of carbohydrates and lipids (amylase and lipase).
The Tongue is involved in secretion of mucins and the enzyme lingual lipase (breaks down some fats).
The parotid salivary glands produce a serous secretion containing large amounts of salivary amylase (breaks down carbohydrates).
The submandibular salivary glands secrete a mixture of buffers, glycoproteins called mucins, and salivary amylase also.

Answer 6

the function of the digestive enzyme amylase is to start the breakdown of starches and salts.

Answer 7

The function of the digestive enzyme in saliva known as amylase is to break down carbohydrates.

Answer 8

Amylase (breaks down starches into sugars).

Lipase (breaks down fats).