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Amylase
Amylase is a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates to sugar. It is present in human saliva. Alpha amylase is made in the pancreas to hydrolyse starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides that convert to glucose to supply the body with energy. Plants also produce amylase. Carbohydrates are an energy rich food source. Amylase is thought to have played a key role in human evolution in allowing humans an alternative to fruit and protein. The salivary amylase levels found in the human lineage are six to eight times higher in humans than in chimpanzees, which are mostly fruit eaters and ingest little starch relative to humans. Amylase is a common digestive enzyme added to supplements to help increase bio-availability and absorption of nutrients.