To the Editor: Ramakrishna et al. (Feb. 3 issue)1 report that the inclusion of amylase-resistant starch in an oral rehydration solution improved the treatment of cholera by reducing stool output an ...

To study which animals make amylase in saliva, scientists punched tiny holes into a starchy gelatinous substance, and filled the holes with saliva from varied species. Saliva containing amylase will ...

Based on extremes of salivary amylase activity, two groups of seven were formed: high amylase (HA) and low amylase(LA). Each subject drank a simplified corn starch solution and blood samples were ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. Skip to content Skip to site index.

There is no starch outside the Visking tubing. It is too large to pass through the tubing. Glucose is present in the solution containing amylase (tube 1), but not in the solution that doesn't ...