Question

Describe the process of starch digestion on the alimentary canal

Answer 1

First of all,starch digestion initiates in the mouth (buccal cavity), mechanical digestion takes place by the teeth,jaws,and tongue and chemical digestion of starch occurs by the saliva secreted by the three pairs of salivary glands. The enzyme salivary amylase or ptyalin digests starch into maltose.

Answer 2

Digestion of starch start from mouth, salivary amylase break starch into maltose. Then Pancreatic juice act on starch and convert into maltose +isomaltose +