Question

Amylase : Starch :: Pancreatic Lipase : ______________________

Answer 1

Amylase:

• Amylase helps in the digestion of foods.
• Amylase plays the role of catalysts in the hydrolysis of starch in sugar.
• Amylase digest starch into smaller substances which will be easy absorption.

Pancreatic lipase:

• Lipase is made up in the pancreas, so it is also known as pancreatic lipase.
• It helps in the digestion of fats.
• It digests triglycerides into free fatty acids and glycerol.

Therefore, amylase breaks starch, while lipase breaks triglycerides.