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It has generally been assumed that, in the mouth, food constituents such as starch, after breakdown by salivary amylase (ptyalin), or simple sugars, provide this source. The observations presented ...

For there are other processes of fermentation which are produced by unorganised substances, whose chemical nature is as yet undefinable, such as ptyalin, pepsin, trypsin. The part played by micro ...

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These words came from the same onomatopoeic Indo-European root that gives us spew and puke; spit, spittle, and sputum; spout, sputter, and splutter; spittoon and cuspidor. A ptyalogogue is a substance ...

Tea does not bode for your stomach either. It is known to slow down digestion and impedes the action of ptyalin, a digestive ferment of saliva which acts like cooked starch. Excessive tea ...