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Which enzymes are likely to act on the baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting from the mouth and as it moves down the alimentary canal?

  1. Salivary maltase → carboxypeptidase → trypsinogen
  2. Pancreatic amylase → salivary amylase → lipases
  3. Disaccharidase like maltase → lipases → nucleases
  4. Salivary amylase → pancreatic amylase → disaccharidases

Correct answer: Salivary amylase → pancreatic amylase → disaccharidases

Solution

Baked potatoes are rich in starch, a carbohydrate. Starch digestion begins in the mouth with salivary amylase, continues in the small intestine with pancreatic amylase, and finishes with disaccharidases at the intestinal lining.

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