Why can't digestion of carbohydrates take place in stomach?
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the digestion of carbohydrates start in the mouth the 2 digestible carbohydrates are starch and sugar: amylase is a enzyme produced in mouth my saliva which digests starch and later process happens in small intestine
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reasons:
1.carbohydrate digesting enzyme like amylase,is absent in the stomach
2.carbohydrate digestion requires alkaline medium,while stomach,due to the presence of HCl,has an acidic medium
1.carbohydrate digesting enzyme like amylase,is absent in the stomach
2.carbohydrate digestion requires alkaline medium,while stomach,due to the presence of HCl,has an acidic medium
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