GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Saliva contains special enzymes that help digest the starches in your food. An enzyme called amylase breaks down starches (complex carbohydrates) into sugars, which your body can more easily absorb. Saliva also contains an enzyme called lingual lipase, which breaks down fats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amylase (made in the mouth and pancreas; breaks down complex carbohydrates)

Detailed explanation-3: -Salivary amylase, encoded by the gene AMY1, is a major component of human saliva that initiates carbohydrate digestion in the mouth. This process continues in the small intestine, where amylase produced by the pancreas performs the final steps of carbohydrate digestion.

Detailed explanation-4: -You begin to digest carbohydrates the minute the food hits your mouth. The saliva secreted from your salivary glands moistens food as it’s chewed. Saliva releases an enzyme called amylase, which begins the breakdown process of the sugars in the carbohydrates you’re eating.

Detailed explanation-5: -Human submaxillary saliva was found to contain galactose, glucose, mannose and fucose in a ratio of 6:1:1:4, glucosamine and galactosamine in a ratio of 6:4, and N-acetylneuraminic acid as the only sialic acid.