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Clinical pharmacy PharmD program Third level Phytochemistry-1 (PG-504)

Schematic

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Enzymatic Hydrolysis of starch:

-Amylase: “Endo-amylase”

It is an enzyme present in pancreatic juice and saliva It hydrolyses starch

by a random splitting of  -1, 4 glucosidic linkages leading to:

-Amylase = [1,4-Linkage Endoamylase]

-Amylase [1,4-Linkage Endoamylase]

Amylose

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Increased reaction time: Dextrin 6-7 Glucose units Mixture of glucose and maltose

Amylopectin

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Increased reaction time:
Dextrin Mixture of branched and
unbranched oligosaccharides with
-1,6-linkage

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