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In humans, starch digestion begins in the buccal cavity, but stops in stomach. Why?

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In humans, starch digestion begins in the buccal cavity, but stops in stomach. Why?

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Hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice (acidic pH) inactivates the salivary amylase. Hence starch digestion stops in the stomach.

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