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The body uses enzymes called amylase to break down starches. This enzyme is structured to break down the starch and no other enzyme can perform this function.
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How does the body handle starches and cellulose differently?
Though starch and cellulose are chemically made from the same elements, and in the same concentrations, the human body is able to break down starches into simple enough sugars to absorb, while the human body cannot break down cellulose.
At what temperature do proteins break down in the human body?
The protein break down the best at 37 degrees in the human body.
Where is enzyme amalayse found in human body?
In the mouth, as your teeth are grinding and mashing your food into smaller, more manageable pieces, amalayse is mixed in with your saliva and is used to break down starches into sugars
Where in the body is amylase?
Amylase is an enzyme in the human body that assists with the changing of starch into sugars. It is present in human saliva.
Amylases break down starches into?
its sugars
Starches change to?
When processed by the amylase found in mouth saliva, starches will break down to their substitutent sugar--glucose.
Contains an enzyme that helps break down starches?
I think you are referring to Amylase, an enzyme in saliva that begins to break down starches into their constituent sugars within seconds of you chewing them up in your mouth.
What does the pepsin help the body do?
Pepsin helps the body break down protein in the human body.
What does Pepsin help the body?
Pepsin helps the body break down protein in the human body.
Why is amylase essential to your bodies?
to break starches down to simple sugars.
What organism produces amylase?
The salivary glands in the mouth which break down starches.
Where is the enzyme responsible for the break down of starches produced?
in ur kidneys
