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In human, Starch digestion begins in the buccal cavity but stops in the stomach. Why?

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In human, starch digestion begins in the buccal cavity due to presence of salivary amylase (ptyanlin) enzyme. It, however, stops I stomach because gastric juice does not contain carbohydrate splitting enzymes.
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