Question

A. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 1. Starch is digested into​

Answer 1

Answer:

proteins

Explanation:

coz starch is form of glucose

Answer 2

Starch is digested into maltose.

Explanation:

• Starch is a plant sugar or polysaccharide which is composed of several glucose units.
• These glucose units are joined by $\alpha$ 1,4 glycosidic bond and $\alpha$ 1,6 glycosidic bond.
• starch digestion is begin in mouth by salivary amylase or ptyalin into maltose, maltotriose and alpha-dextrin. This enzyme is only able to digest alpha 1,4 glycosidic bond.
• Most of the starch digestion takes place in small intestine by pancreatic amylase which is also a alpha amylase that digest alpha 1,4 bond and produce maltose, maltotriose and alpha dextrin.