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  4. Statement I: Salivary amylase breaks down starch into maltose in the buccal cavity at an alkaline pH. Statement II: About 30% maltose is broken down to glucose in the buccal cavity itself.

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Q. Statement I: Salivary amylase breaks down starch into maltose in the buccal cavity at an alkaline $pH$.
Statement II: About 30% maltose is broken down to glucose in the buccal cavity itself.

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Solution:

Salivary amylase breaks starch into maltose in the buccal cavity at a slightly acidic $pH \,6.8.$
About $30\%$ starch is broken down into a disaccharide-maltose in the buccal cavity itself.