Explain an activity to show that saliva breaks down starch, which is a complex mole culture to give sugar
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Saliva is rich in an enzyme called amylase. ... Amylase coats and surrounds each starch molecule in your mouth. Then the enzyme deconstructs complex starch molecules through hydrolysis, or chemical breakdown, turning them into smaller, more manageable particles.
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