Question

What is the role of saliva in the digestion of food 0?

Answer 1

digestive functions of saliva includes moistening food and helping to create a food bolus so it can be swallowed easily.
saliva contains enzyme AMAYLSE that breaks strach down into maltose and dextrin which is why digestions starts within our mouth even before food reaches our stomach

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Answer 2

Saliva contains salivary amylase enzyme that breaks down starch into sugars like maltose .

Saliva keeps the mouth cavity clean and moistens the food that help in chewing and breaking down the big pieces of food into smaller ones .