Digesting starch — a type of carbohydrate — is a crucial part of how we derive energy from food. New research published ...

The amylase will break down the starch. A series of test tubes containing a mixture of starch and amylase is set up at different pHs.

A recent study published in Science suggests that humans may have developed multiple copies of the gene for amylase — an enzyme that’s the first step in starch digestion — over 800,000 years ...

Humans carry multiple copies of the salivary amylase gene (AMY1), which helps begin breaking down starch in the mouth -- the ...

In other studies, Ruhl has investigated the evolutionary history of important salivary proteins. This work has led to important advances in the field, such as the identification of a starch-digesting ...

Background and Aims: Mature green banana (GB) fruit is rich in amylase-resistant starch that stimulates colonic production of short-chain fatty acids (referred to as fatty acid) and is useful in ...

Cattle producers will be able to participate in the Enogen Feed Forward opportunity and receive a per head, per day payment ...