Which enzymes are likely to act on the baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting from the mouth and as it moves down the alimentary canal?
- Pancreatic amylase Salivary amylase Lipases
- Disaccharidase like maltase Lipases Nucleases
- Salivary amylase Pancreatic amylase Disaccharidases
- Salivary maltase Carboxy peptidase Trypsinogen
Answer
(3) Salivary amylase Pancreatic amylase Disaccharidases
Solution
Potato is mainly starch.
As per NCERT, in the mouth salivary amylase hydrolyses starch into maltose; in the small intestine pancreatic amylase converts the remaining polysaccharides into disaccharides; disaccharidases (maltase, etc.) of the intestinal juice convert disaccharides into monosaccharides.
Salivary amylase Pancreatic amylase Disaccharidases
Answer: (3)