I need homwork help!
2006-07-26 04:42:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
saliva contains the enzyme amylase and trace amounts of other enzymes like lingual lipase and dismutase. but you should be primarily concerned with amylase.
amylase breaks some starches down into maltose and dextrin. thus, digestion of food occurs within the mouth, even before food reaches the stomach.
you can go here to find out more about saliva and about amylase.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saliva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amylase
the ptyalin that's mentioned above is the same as amylase. ptyalin is the name given to the amylase found in saliva.
2006-07-26 05:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As far as, tenth class course is concerned, saliva consist both of ptaylin and amylase. I donna know the function of amylase but Ptaylin breaks complex starch molecules into sugar
2006-07-26 04:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by Dhruv Kapur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amylase
2006-07-26 04:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by penpallermel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on, people. Google!
2006-07-26 04:50:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amylase
2006-07-26 04:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by georgia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amylase
2006-07-26 04:45:53 · answer #6 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is ptylin.
2006-07-26 04:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by Reston 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋