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How is starch broken down to glucose prior to glycolysis?
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How is starch broken down to glucose prior to glycolysis?

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Starch is broken to maltose by amylase in the saliva during mastication (chewing) of food. Maltose is a disaccharide of glucose, and is broken to glucose by maltase in the intestine before it is absorbed.
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