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In mammals the digestion of starch start...

In mammals the digestion of starch starts from

A

Mouth

B

Stomach

C

Oesophagus

D

Duodenum

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A
In mammal digestion starts from mouth by the secretion of salivary amylase that helps in digestion of starch into maltose isomaltose and limit dextrin.
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