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What is the role of saliva in the digestion of food?

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(i) The saliva contains salivary amylase enzyme breaks down starch to sugars like maltose.

(ii) The saliva moistens the food that helps in chewing breaking down the big pieces of food into smaller ones, hat, salivary amylase can digest the starch efficiently.
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