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Pancreatic amylase catalyses the digestion of

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Carbohydrates to disaccharides
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Lipids to diglycerides
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Nucleic acids to nucleotides
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Proteins and polypeptides to dipeptides
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The correct option is A Carbohydrates to disaccharides
Amylases are enzymes that catalyse the digestion of starch to sugars. In the human body, amylases are secreted as a part of saliva and pancreatic juice. They digest starch (carbohydrate) to disaccharides.
Among the other constituents of pancreatic juice, lipases catalyse the digestion of lipids to diglycerides, nucleases catalyse the digestion of nucleic acids to nucleotides, and proteolytic enzymes like trypsin catalyse the digestion of proteins and polypeptides to dipeptides.

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