which digestive enzyme is present in saliva ?what is its role
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The digestive functions of saliva include moistening food, and helping to create a food bolus, so it can be swallowed easily. Saliva contains the enzyme amylase that breaks some starches down into maltose and dextrin.
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which digestive enzyme is present in saliva ?what is its role
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sᴀʟɪᴠᴀ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴀʀ ʟɪϙᴜᴏʀ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍɪᴛᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀʟɪᴠᴀʀʏ ɢʟᴀɴᴅs ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴢʏᴍᴇs ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴ sᴀʟɪᴠᴀ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄʀᴜᴄɪᴀʟ ɪɴ ɪɴɪᴛɪᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇss ᴏғ ᴅɪɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴅɪᴇᴛᴀʀʏ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏʜʏᴅʀᴀᴛᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ғᴀᴛs. ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏsᴛ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍʏʟᴀsᴇ ᴇɴᴢʏᴍᴇ ɪs ᴛᴏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀʀᴄʜ ɪɴᴛᴏ sᴜɢᴀʀ. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴄᴀᴛᴀʟʏsᴛs ᴀʟsᴏ ᴘᴇʀғᴏʀᴍ ᴀɴ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ʀᴏʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴄʀᴀᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ғᴏᴏᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇs ᴇɴᴛᴀɴɢʟᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ғɪssᴜʀᴇs, ᴛʜᴜs ᴅᴇғᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴇᴇᴛʜ ғʀᴏᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ ᴏxɪᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ.
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