Question

List the chemical changes that a starch molecule undergoes from the time it reaches the duodenum to the time its carbon atoms become part of carbonate molecules. Say where in the body these changes occur.

Answer 1

Starch firstly gets converted into simple sugar in the mouth by Saliva(which contains an enzyme called Salivary Amylase). In stomach 2 enzymes Pepsinogen & Prorenin are the protein digestive enzymes