Question

Digestion of starch starts in stomach True / False

Answer 1

Answer:

No, digestion of starch starts in the mouth itself. So the above statement is false.

Explanation:

The mouth of a human contains saliva. The saliva contains an enzyme called salivary amylase which breaks down starch a complex molecule into simple sugar and it also moistens the food for easy swallowing,hence starting the digestion of food. I hope this explanation will help you.