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When enzymes in saliva mix with starch, first the carbohydrates are broken down into dextrin. Then dextrin is broken down into maltose and glucose

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What new material formed when enzymes in saliva mix with starch?

Hydrolysis of starch with beta-amylase make maltose.


What substances does the enzymes in saliva change starch into?

it contains enzymes which break the starch down to sugar


What happened to the starch solution after you have added saliva?

Saliva contains enzymes that break down starch into simpler sugars like maltose. After adding saliva to a starch solution, the amylase enzyme in saliva breaks down the starch molecules into these simpler sugars, leading to a sweet taste in the solution due to the presence of maltose.


Enzymes acting on starch is found in?

Saliva and pancreatic juice.


What happen to starch if the saliva was boiled before it is mixed with starch?

Boiling saliva before mixing it with starch would denature the enzymes in saliva that break down starch. This would prevent the starch from being properly digested and broken down into simpler sugars.


What enzymes are found in rabbit saliva?

rabbit saliva contains an enzyme capable of hydrolysing starch to sugar


Which food type do enzymes in saliva attack?

The enzyme in your saliva is Amylase, which is used to breakdown Amylose, a form of starch. Starch is a complex carbohydrate, so the enzyme in your saliva breaks down complex carbohydrates.


What happens in digestion?

In chemical Digestion, starch and fat are digested by the enzymes in saliva


What enzymes are involved in digesting starch to glucose?

Amylase, found predominantly in saliva.


How is starch changed by saliva in the mouth?

Saliva contains an enzyme called amylase, which breaks down starch into simpler sugars like maltose. When you chew food, the amylase in saliva starts breaking down the starch molecules into smaller sugar molecules, which makes the food sweeter as digestion begins in the mouth.


What happens to starch in a cracker when it react with saliva?

The enzymes in the saliva help break down the starch in the cracker.


What happens in chemical digestion?

In chemical Digestion, starch and fat are digested by the enzymes in saliva