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Choose the false statement from the following.
BiologyDigestion and AbsorptionNEET
Options:
  • A About 60% starch is hydrolysed in buccal cavity by the enzyme salivary amylase
  • B Salivary amylase acts on starch and is converted into maltose
  • C Salivary amylase acts at optimum pH 6.8
  • D Stomach stores the food for 4-5 hours
Solution:
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The correct answer is: About 60% starch is hydrolysed in buccal cavity by the enzyme salivary amylase
About 30 percent of starch present in food is hydrolysed in the mouth itself. The action of salivary amylase continues for sometime even in the stomach but soon HCI present in the gastric juice destroys all the enzyme.

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