Amylopsin vs. Ptyalin — What's the Difference?

The starch-digesting amylase that is produced by the pancreas and is present in pancreatic juice.

A form of amylase in the saliva of humans and certain other animals that catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into maltose and dextrin.

(enzyme) A pancreatic form of amylase.

(enzyme) A form of amylase found in saliva that breaks down starch into maltose and dextrin.

The diastase of the pancreatic juice.

An unorganized amylolytic ferment, on enzyme, present in human mixed saliva and in the saliva of some animals.

An amylase secreted in saliva