What else is inside saliva? One component of saliva that has been shown to vary according to diet is amylase, the only digestive enzyme that converts starch into sugar, Dominy said. Amylase is ...

The results revealed that amylase and mucin decomposed ozone as ... the world to evaluate the extent to which organic matter in saliva weakens the disinfection effect of ozonated water on SARS ...

The first clues to the extraordinary history lurking in our mouths emerged in the 1960s, when scientists discovered that some people made extra amylase in their saliva. But only in the past few ...