Where Does Carbohydrate Digestion Begin? Why?
1. Where does carbohydrate digestion begin? Why? Enzyme?
The process of carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth because, the saliva breaks carbs down into simple sugars and the salivary enzyme amylase starts to work hydrolyzing starch to shorter polysaccharides and to the disaccharide maltose. If you hold a piece of bread in your mouth for a long time it begins to taste like sugar just like crackers. The cracker begins tasting sweeter as the enzyme amylase starts to act on it.
2. Any chemical digestion occur in the stomach? Why or why not?
The stomachs digestive juices contain no enzymes to break down carbohydrates.
3. What are the main enzymes in the small intestine and what type of carbohydrate molecules do they help digest?
The
The process of carbohydrate digestion begins in the mouth because, the saliva breaks carbs down into simple sugars and the salivary enzyme amylase starts to work hydrolyzing starch to shorter polysaccharides and to the disaccharide maltose. If you hold a piece of bread in your mouth for a long time it begins to taste like sugar just like crackers. The cracker begins tasting sweeter as the enzyme amylase starts to act on it.
2. Any chemical digestion occur in the stomach? Why or why not?
The stomachs digestive juices contain no enzymes to break down carbohydrates.
3. What are the main enzymes in the small intestine and what type of carbohydrate molecules do they help digest?
The