Ptyalin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 180 anagrams from letters in ptyalin (ailnpty).
1835-45; Greek ptýal(on) spittle, saliva + -in2
One part of ptyalin, according to Mialhe, was capable of transforming 800 parts of insoluble starch into sugar.
Amylopsin is much more powerful and rapid than the ptyalin of the saliva, especially on uncooked starch.
Amylopsin, the starch-digesting enzym, appears to be very similar to ptyalin in its power to digest carbohydrates.
The action of ptyalin, however, continues in the fundus of the stomach until stopped by the acid in the gastric juice.
Why does pepsin act only on proteid matter, and ptyalin only on starch and dextrins?
ptyalin, -e, tī′a-lin, n. the nitrogenous essential principle of saliva.
These unorganized ferments are such as rennin, pepsin, trypsin, ptyalin.
It has been computed that the average daily secretion of ptyalin by an adult amounts to 116 grains.
The diastase of the malt has the same action on starch as the ptyalin in the saliva.
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