what is the role of saliva in the digestion of food??
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Saliva is a watery liquid which wetted our food so that the food can be easily swallowed. The human saliva contains an enzyme called salivary amylase which digests the starch present in our food
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The chewing of food causes mixing of the food with the saliva that activates salivary amylase, an enzyme known to hydrolyze polysaccharides into maltose.
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