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5. "Chicha" is the infamous Saliva-Fermented Beer From Peru Amazon. They literally chew on starch and then spit it into a bowl, which eventually starts to ferment into an alcoholic drink. Although the wild yeast does most of the job, there is a reason why they have to chew on the starch and spit it out in order for it to ferment. What is the enzyme in your mouth that can break down starch (poly-glucose) into glucose- glucose disaccharides (maltose), which can then be further broken down into glucose before being properly fermented O Maltase O Quickpace Amylase O Flipase Carchase

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Saliva has salivary amylase which is capable of digesting complex sugars such as starch to simpler disaccharide sugars such as maltose. This enzyme is also called ptyalin.

Maltase is an enzyme secreted by small intestine to further digest disaccharides to monosaccharides.

Flipases are enzymes that catalyze the movement of lipids from the inner leaflet to outer leaflet.

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