Q. 6. What is the role of saliva in the digestion of food?
Saliva contains an enzyme called salivary amylase that starts the process of digestion in the mouth itself by breaking down starch into sugar molecules like maltose. Saliva helps in keeping the mouth clean, moistened, and lubricated thus aiding in chewing food so that large pieces are broken down into small bits.
>>It makes the food moist and soft in our mouth
>>It also contain a enzyme called salivary amylase that digests starch to sugar
>>It produced about 1.7 liters of saliva daily