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Why do we call saliva a digestive juice?

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Saliva is the juice secreted by the salivary glands. Saliva helps to make bolus from the food that we eat. Saliva also contains a starch digesting enzyme. This enzyme turns starch into sugar. Therefore, saliva is called a digestive juice.

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