Do you know salivary glands secrete saliva which ... One of the digestive enzyme alpha-amylase helps to break down the starch present in our food into a simpler one like glucose and maltose.

Salivary amylase accounts for between 40 and 50 per cent of protein in human saliva and rapidly alters the physical properties of starch by breaking it down into simple sugars like maltose.

Roberts and Whelan1 have shown that the action of salivary α-amylase on amylose is consistent with the view that the enzyme can hydrolyse any except the terminal α-1 : 4-linkages. This leads to ...

Amylase in saliva is more widespread than previously known (some pet dogs produce it, for example): Most amylase is produced in the pancreas, but some animals also secrete it in saliva. The new ...

A new Cornell University study brings additional clarity to the relationship between Type 2 diabetes and genes that express a salivary enzyme that breaks down starch.

PHILADELPHIA – Scientists from the Monell Center report that blood glucose levels following starch ingestion are influenced by genetically-determined differences in salivary amylase, an enzyme ...

Some amylase and lipase can be found in saliva and in the stomach. However, most of the enzymes made in the pancreas are released into the small intestine. Amylase levels Lipase levels; ...

Salivary amylase’s job is to break the α-1,4 glycosidic bonds in starch molecules to form smaller units like maltose and dextrins. That it works inside the mouth isn’t surprising; that is ...