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After a Portion of Food Is Chewed and Swallowed, What

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After a portion of food is chewed and swallowed, what happens to the salivary amylase in the stomach?


A) It is inactivated by gastric juice.
B) It continues to hydrolyze starches.
C) It binds to pepsin and catalyzes proteolytic activity.
D) It passes into the duodenum where the alkaline pH stimulates carbohydrase activity.

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