Question

A digestive enzyme, salivary amylase, in the saliva being digestion of

• A. Protein
• B. Nucleic acids
• C. Fats
• D. Carbohydrates

Answer 1

The correct option is D Carbohydrates

• 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.
• The breakdown of starch is just one of the many steps in the process of digestion. Although digestion begins in the mouth, it continues in the stomach and intestines.
• Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch to sugar. The amylase in the mouth, salivary amylase, is called ptyalin.
• Ptyalin can do digestive can work in the stomach for several hours. Iodine and Benedict's solution is used to recognize starch and sugar (maltose) in our saliva.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.