Wild boars root for tubers. Now, a new study is providing insight into how the pursuit of starch may have driven evolutionary adaptations in these and other hungry mammals. The research, conducted on ...

Amylase is a general term for enzymes that hydrolyze starch and glycogen with the specificity of enzyme preparation. Its main mechanism of action is to hydrolyze starch into maltose, glucose, dextrin, ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. By Carl Zimmer As soon as you put starch in your mouth ...

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 ...

Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch into glucose ... This research could have practical, real-world consequences for modern humans suffering from obesity and Type 2 diabetes, researchers ...

Study: The Impact of Human Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number and Starch on Oral Biofilms ... "which makes sense from a practical standpoint, because it would have given you a survival advantage ...

However, the exact mechanism by which salivary amylase interacts with starch to change the oral ... This, she added, "makes sense from a practical standpoint, because it would have given you ...

This investigation tests how well the enzyme amylase performs ... around the time when starch was no longer detected. A demonstration of the key points of the required practical to investigate ...