Question

Each enzyme functions in a different area of the body, but both work to harness the power in carbohydrates and break these complex molecules into simple sugars. Based on the information you have learned about the digestive system, what do you expect to be the optimal pH for the enzymatic action of pancreatic amylase?

Answer 1

Around pH7 as it is a neutral pH environment if it was somewhere in the stomach then the enzymes optimum pH would be more down the acidic end around pH 2 or 3