Answer:
The chemical process of digestion of carbohydrates is
initiated in ' the oral cavity by the hydrolytic action of the carbohydrate
splitting enzyme, the salivary amylase. About 30 per cent of starch is
hydrolysed here by this enzyme (optimum . pH 6.8) into a disaccharide-maltose..
Further, carbohydrates in the chyme are hydrolysed by pancreatic amylase into
disaccharides.
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