THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

STOMACH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Amylase converts
A
Starch into maltose
B
starch into glycogen
C
starch into glucose
D
none of them
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The enzyme that converts starch into maltose is amylase. Maltose is a disaccharide made up of two glucose units, whereas starch is polysaccharide made up of amylose and amylopectin. Amylase degrades glycosidic bonds.

Detailed explanation-2: –Now starch gets hydrolysed by the enzyme amylase to the disaccharide maltose, found in the saliva of the mouth.-Diastase is an enzyme which is used to catalyze the breakdown of starch into sugar maltose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Maltose is produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch (a homopolysaccharide) catalyzed by the enzyme amylase.

Detailed explanation-4: -During digestion, starch is partially transformed into maltose by the pancreatic or salivary enzymes called amylases; maltase secreted by the intestine then converts maltose into glucose.

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