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Saliva digests carbohydrate. Saliva contains a carbohydrase enzyme called amylase, which breaks down carbohydrates. Amylase is also produced later on in the digestive system and so the amylase here is immaginatively termed salivary amylase.
Saliva contains the enzyme amylase (here it is called called salivary amylase) which is responsible for part of the digestion of carbohydrates like starch.
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It helps digest your food?
saliva
What does the stomach produce to digest?
saliva
How does saliva digest starch?
Amylase
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 in the mouth helps you to chemically digest food?
Saliva
What in the mouth helps chemically digest food?
saliva
Can you digest food out saliva?
Digest is a strong word so I am going to say no. Saliva can helps breakdown food compound but it is in fact not strong enough to fully breakdown or "digest" food. In fact, teeth and chewing helps saliva in breaking food down. Also, saliva can only breakdown carbohydrates compound. Proteins, fats and fibres need stronger and different enzyme. PS: saliva is essentially an enzyme
What is the name of the liquid in your tongue?
Saliva ,helps digest food
A chemical substance secreteded in the mouth to digest food is?
Saliva.
It helps digest your food It grosses out grown-ups You may call it spit What is another name for it?
SALIVA
What is the liquid that begins to digest starches?
Saliva. Chew a starch long enough and saliva will begin to transform it into sugar.
