Question

I am an enzyme. I digest the carbohydrates into maltose in the oral cavity. Who am I?​

Answer 1

▶️ Answer:

$\Large{ \rm{ \underline{ \underline{ \orange{Salivary \: amlyase(Ptyalin)}}}}}$

Our buccal cavity or mouth have salivary glands which secretes enzymes that helps in the digestion and lubrication of food. One of the enzymes in Salivary Enzyme.

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▶️ More Brief Explanation:

The mouth helps us to ingest food inside our body. We chew the food, and hence the teeth helps in the mastication of food which means breaking down large pieces into smaller pieces. After mastication, the tongue helps to mix the food with saliva which is mixture of enzymes and water. The Saliva is released by Salivary glands. The buccal cavity have three pairs of salivary glands which are Parotid glands, Submandibular/Submaxillary glands and Sub lingual glands. They releases Saliva through ducts.

One of the enzymes is Salivary Amylase which helps in the digestion of Carbohydrates in the mouth itself. The Salivary Amylase is known as Ptyalin. The Starch or complex carbohydrates is converted into maltose, which is a simple sugar. The Conversion is

$\large{ \rm{ \purple{Starch \: \: \: \red{\underrightarrow{ \normalsize{ \green{salivary \: amylase}}}} \: \: \: Maltose}}}$

The digestion works best in PH 6.4, but the rate decreases when it suddenly reduces to 4 or low. The salivary glands also contain a hydrolytic enzyme knwn as Lysozyme. It prevents bacterial infection.

The Salivary glands doesn't have any proteolytic enzymes, this digestion remains incomplete in mouth. Even, the carbohydrates are also completely digested in intestine.

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▶️In the attachment:

• The diagram of our buccal cavity.

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