potatoes contain starch. Describe what happens to a piece of potato that has been fried in oil as it passes through the mouth and small intestine
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Carbohydrates are digested in the mouth, stomach and small intestine. Carbohydrase enzymes break down starch into sugars. ... If you chew a piece of bread for long enough, the starch it contains is digested to sugar, and it begins to taste sweet.
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Salivary amylase acts on the long polysaccharide units that make up starch, to form maltose. The action of salivary amylase continues until the potato reaches the stomach. The acidic digestive juices in the stomach stop enzyme activity. Upon entering the small intestine, any remaining polysaccharides are broken down into disaccharides by the enzyme pancreatic amylase. Then it is further broken down into monosaccharides, or single units of glucose, for absorption. The potato becomes a source of energy when the intestinal cells absorb the glucose, which enters the blood stream and travels to the liver.