Ok. As i said in the previous post, as ONLY amylase enzymes work SOLELY on digestion, i shall focus on amylase enzymes.
Ok. So what are amylase enzymes? An amylase enzyme is an enzyme whose catalytic function is to hydrolyze (or break down)sugar and starch.
Amylase enzymes digest carbohydrates (a.k.a polysaccharides)into smaller disaccharide units, before converting them into monosaccharides such as glucose, which is the reason why people who are fat intolerant (cannot digest fats) often eat sugar and carbohydrates to make up for the lack of fats in their diet. However, if their diest consists of excessive carbohydrates, they may develop an amylase deficiency.
And also, amylase enzymes digest not only carbohydrates, but also dead white blood cells (a.k.a PUS!). When you are low in amylase enzymes, you can be infected by abscesses (which are inflamed areas with pus but not bacteria). For example, when you have a toothache, and is taking antibiotics, but the toothache does not go away, then chances are that you have an abscess.
Ok, thats all the information i will post today. The rest of the information will be put up on saturday (probably).
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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disaccharide - any of a class of sugars, including lactose and sucrose, that are composed of two monosaccharides.
polysaccharide - a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
monosaccharide - a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
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