ptyalin

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

The peculiar principle of saliva, believed to be a proteid body, which acts as a ferment on starch, rapidly converting it into dextrose.

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

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

an amylase secreted in saliva