Carbohydrates

• Ptyalin acts on starch in the oral cavity


  changing starch to maltose
• Pancreatic amylase on starch in the small intestine

  changing starch to maltose
• Maltase acts on maltose


  changing it to glucose
• Lactase acts on lactose


  changing it to glucose and galactose
• Sucrase acts on sucrose


  changing it to glucose and fructose