salivary amylase

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salivary amylase [′sal·ə‚ver·ē ′am·ə‚lās]

(biochemistry)

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No references found			Also, tannins in tea appear to inhibit salivary amylase - an enzyme in saliva - from breaking down dietary starches into sugars in the mouth. A daily cup of black tea can stop tooth decay by Asian News International Chemical breakdown of starch by production of salivary amylase from the salivary glands. Not Knowing This Causes Man to Choke on the Cset by Peter Lorison / Reference and Education community The specificity of the amylase assay has been introduced in some test systems by pretreatment of the sample with immunologic reagents to block salivary amylase. Clinical utility of amylase and lipase by Baer, Daniel M. / Medical Laboratory Observer			salinity of ocean water salinity-temperature-depth recorder salinization Salinometer salinon Salisbury Salisbury Beach State Reservation Salisbury dark box Salisbury Plain Salisbury, Harrison Salisbury, Harrison E Salisbury, John of Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd marquess Salisbury, Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury, Rollin Salisbury, Third Marquess of Salish Salishan Salishan Languages Salishchev, Konstantin Salishchev, Konstantin Alekseevich salite salitrite Saliva salivary amylase salivary diastase salivary gland salivary gland chromosomes Salivary Glands Salivation Salix Acutifolia Salk Salk vaccine Salk, Jonas Salk, Jonas Edward Salkovo Sallah Festival Sallai, Imre Sallarid Dynasty Salle, David Sallé, Marie Sallen-Key filter Sallie Mae sallow Sallust sally sally port sallying ship Salma Salmasius, Claudius			saliva ejector saliva ejector saliva in mastication saliva in mastication saliva in mastication saliva substitute saliva tests saliva tests saliva tests saliva tests saliva viscosity saliva viscosity saliva viscosity saliva viscosity saliva, tip ejector saliva, tip ejector saliva, tip ejector Salival Salivan Salivano salivant salivant salivant salivant Salivaria salivarian salivary salivary salivary salivary salivary amylase salivary calculus salivary calculus salivary calculus salivary calculus salivary component salivary component salivary component salivary component salivary component salivary d salivary d salivary d salivary d's salivary d's salivary d's salivary deficiency salivary deficiency salivary deficiency salivary deficiency salivary deficiency salivary diastase salivary digestion salivary digestion salivary digestion salivary digestion salivary digestion salivary duct salivary duct salivary duct atresia salivary duct atresia

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