what is the role of salivary amalyes in digestion of food
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Salivary amylase provide a liquid medium to the food to pass through oesophagus, it also absorbs few amount of nutrients. The human saliva contains an enzyme called salivary amylase which digests the starch present in food into sugar.
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Amylase. Amylase is a digestive enzyme that acts on starch in food, breaking it down into smaller carbohydrate molecules. ... First, salivary glands in your mouth make salivary amylase, which begins the digestive process by breaking down starch when you chew your food, converting it into maltose, a smaller carbohydrate.
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