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| | Greenwood Health Systems ... Amylase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Their work led them to suspect that similar substances, now known as enzymes, might be involved in biochemical processes. |
 | | Amylase hydrolyzes starch, glycogen, and dextrin to form in all three instances glucose, maltose, and the limit-dextrins. |
 | | Salivary amylase is known as ptyalin; although humans have this enzyme in their saliva, some mammals, such as horses, dogs, and cats, do not. |
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