Assertion: salivary amylase | /r/HasProperty | enzyme
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text: Saliva, a liquid secreted by the salivary glands, contains salivary amylase, an enzyme which starts the digestion of starch in the food; the saliva also contains mucus, which lubricates the food, and hydrogen carbonate, which provides the ideal conditions of pH (alkaline) for amylase to work.
text: Salivary amylase, an enzyme secreted with the saliva, acts on the long polysaccharide units that make up starch, to form disaccharides called maltose.
text: Salivary glands secrete salivary amylase, an enzyme that begins the breakdown of starch into glucose.