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   ptylin
   ptyaline, ptylin 1. An enzyme found in the saliva of humans and herbivorous animals that helps in the predigestion of starches. 2. A saliva enzyme which hydrolyzes starch. 3. A form of amylase in the saliva of humans and some animals that catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into maltose and dextrin...
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